31y · Male·Combined effects of multiple drugs in an obese male with findings suggestive of …
…from psychiatric hospital. He had suffered a workplace back injury in 2006 resulting in chronic pain and depression, becoming dependent on multiple CNS-depressant medications including morphine, diazepam, and alprazolam.…
85y · Male·hospital acquired pneumonia on a background of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
…ed pneumonia on a background of metastatic colorectal cancer. He was admitted to hospital with psychotic depression, suicidal ideation, and severe malnutrition after two years of depression. A CT scan revealed previously…
44y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to heroin and alcohol toxicity
…om hypoxic brain injury caused by heroin and alcohol toxicity following an overdose. He had a history of depression, financial difficulties, and prior heroin use. After collapsing at a friend's home, he was resuscitated …
1y · Female·Suffocation
…k. Ms Nikat was experiencing significant social isolation, family violence from her husband and in-laws, depression, parenting difficulties, and stress. Clinical lessons include the missed opportunity for repeat postnata…
39y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, tapentadol, tramadol, pro…
…ts (tapentadol, tramadol, promethazine, diazepam, propranolol) with suicidal intent. The coroner found no clinical intervention points as her death was sudden and unexpected to those around her. Key clinical lessons: Ms …
55y · Female·exsanguination due to a gunshot wound to the upper left chest
A 55-year-old woman with a 20-year history of depression died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She had attempted suicide twice in 2019 (July and December) an…
47y · Male·combined effects of alcohol-induced central nervous system depression, hypotherm…
A 47-year-old man with longstanding alcoholism, hypertension, liver disease, and depression died from combined alcohol-induced central nervous system depression, hypothermia, and alcohol-related h…
60y · Female·undetermined
Margaret Elizabeth Hills, a 60-year-old woman with chronic pain and depression from a work-related spinal injury, disappeared on 2 February 2010 from her home in Katoomba, NSW. Her sk…
15y · Male·Hanging (redacted in original but indicated by reference to method of suicide)
A 15-year-old boy with depression died by suicide. He had a difficult relationship with his parents and was reluctant to engage with menta…
51y · Male·self-inflicted chest injuries due to gunshot wound to chest
A 51-year-old man with a 37-year history of depression and alcoholism died by self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had ceased anti-depressant medication (desvenlaf…
62y · Male·drowning
…the Derwent River on 30 June 2016 after a rapid deterioration in mental health. He had a long history of depression but experienced acute decompensation with paranoid delusions in the weeks before death, triggered by a p…
57y · Male·hanging
Christopher Maxwell Lampkin, a 57-year-old man with longstanding depression and alcohol dependence, died by hanging in July 2021. He had been treated for depression since 2009 and …
21y · Male·hanging
…-year-old Pacific Islander male died by hanging at home after relationship breakdown. He had undiagnosed depression, was using methamphetamine, and had a history of domestic violence perpetration with a protection order …
36y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
…gnificant behavioral changes: withdrawal, irritability, anger, and sleep difficulty. He had a history of depression in 2010 but was assessed as depression-free before varenicline prescription. On the day of death, he had…
67y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone and oxazepam); central nervous syste…
…ad multiple chronic conditions including Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, depression and insomnia. She had discontinued antidepressants two months before death. Following an argument with h…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
… combined drug toxicity in the setting of tension pneumothorax. She had a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Following an argument with her partner on 7 January 2020, she was …
19y · Male·Hanging (self-inflicted)
Jacob Van Berlo, a 19-year-old male, died by hanging following a suicide. He had a history of depression treated with sertraline and an uncontrolled gambling addiction. On the day of death, after receiving his…
49y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
Andrew Lockwood, a 49-year-old man with depression and significant marital discord, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head on 2 April 2017. H…
59y · Male·Multiple blunt injuries following a fall from a cliff
…uding emphysema, severe cardiovascular disease, and hepatitis C. The coroner found he was suffering from depression or mental illness at the time. Clinical lessons include the importance of recognising depression and sui…
45y · Male·Hanging
A 45-year-old man with depression died by hanging after experiencing significant workplace stress. He had consulted his GP in October 2014…
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