37 results for “complex PTSD”
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
A 43-year-old man died from methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD, and polysubstance use disorder, with previous …
33y · Unknown·neck compression secondary to hanging
Jessica Anne Thomas, a 33-year-old gender-diverse person with complex psychiatric diagnoses including schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died…
34y · Female·multiple drug toxicity
Katherine Alexander, a 34-year-old woman with chronic suicidality and complex mental health conditions including bipolar II disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died f…
45y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Glenn Sturley Meyer, aged 45, died from mixed drug toxicity on 22 August 2019. He had chronic pain, PTSD, depression and anxiety managed with oxycodone and diazepam. He also had obesity and probable obstructive s…
23y · Female·Injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…in a fall from the 60th floor of an apartment after consuming alcohol and MDMA at Crown Casino. She had a complex psychiatric history including major depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance abuse, with multiple prior s…
35y · Male·multi-drug toxicity
CPL Ian Turner, a 35-year-old Special Forces soldier with combat-related PTSD, died from multi-drug toxicity in July 2017. His death followed multiple deployments to Afghanistan and Ira…
32y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
…e Campbell, aged 32, died by suicide while an involuntary inpatient with borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, and chronic suicidal ideation. She was admitted 18-30 April 2019 after ceasing medications and expe…
18y · Female·Multidrug toxicity (GHB, amphetamines, benzodiazepines)
…tamines, benzodiazepines) after being discharged early from a residential rehabilitation program. She had complex trauma history, PTSD, and polysubstance abuse. Following early discharge from the Gippsland Youth Residen…
14y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…while in Department of Communities care at a therapeutic residential group home on 20 April 2022. She had Complex PTSD from childhood trauma and presented multiple times to emergency departments with suicidal ideation a…
39y · Female·multiple drug toxicity (etizolam and carisoprodol as major components)
…m, carisoprodol) sourced from the dark web, in the context of chronic borderline personality disorder and complex PTSD with lifelong suicidality. She was managed by an intensive community mental health team following a …
45y · Female·Drowning whilst inebriated (ethanol)
…d 45, died by drowning while inebriated on 11 April 2020 at her home in Kilmore East, Victoria. She had a complex history of mental illness (psychosis, depression, anxiety, PTSD), substance abuse, and was in a relations…
26y · Female·Pulmonary embolism as a consequence of dislodged deep vein thrombosis
…ulmonary embolism caused by dislodged deep vein thrombosis while in ICU at Royal Darwin Hospital. She had complex mental health needs (BPD, PTSD, depression) and morbid obesity. The critical clinical lessons centre on s…
32y · Male·neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
…the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) compensation system. He served in Afghanistan in 2009, developing PTSD from combat exposure including witnessing a close friend's death by IED. Post-discharge, Jesse faced signif…
13y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
…ercation with youth workers and died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. She had extensive trauma history, PTSD, reactive attachment disorder and ADHD. The coroner found the youth workers acted appropriately and no poli…
44y · Male·Neck compression; Hanging
…Hei, a 44-year-old Māori man, died by suicide via hanging on 11 March 2025 at Fitzroy Town Hall. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, complex PTSD, methamphetamine use disorder, and chronic suicida…
60y · Female·neck compression by ligature strangulation
…sified as 'high need' rather than 'medium risk' based on her gross intoxication, reported suicidal history, PTSD diagnosis, and assertion of recent overdose. Mandatory 15-minute observations and CCTV monitoring were inad…
18y · Unknown·Caitlin: suicide by hanging; Talieha: suicide by hanging; William: suicide by tr…
…by suicide within four months of the Barrett Adolescent Centre (BAC) closure in January 2014. Caitlin had complex mental health needs including bipolar affective disorder and PTSD; she lived with her mother and a family…
15y · Male·Neck compression due to hanging
…gement oversight after relocation; and inadequate support for non-Aboriginal foster carers. Yakamurro had complex trauma, PTSD, and intellectual/language difficulties. Years of institutional failures isolated him from f…
45y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
…ychotic symptoms including auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and persecutory ideation. She had complex mental health diagnoses (borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder, complex PTSD) and a h…
36y · Female·Nicotine toxicity
Rachel Mihail, a 36-year-old with a complex psychiatric history including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and agoraphobia, ingested liquid nicotine at hom…
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