87 results for “depression”
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…
<1y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from impact with the ground from an extended height …
…ulting in multiple injuries including abdominal stab wounds. His mother, despite experiencing postpartum depression and social isolation (with only one friend in Australia), had no identified mental health issues at the …
62y · Female·Gunshot wounds to the head
…nce, with multiple risk factors present: the perpetrator had access to firearms, was unemployed, and had depression and frontotemporal dementia. The couple were experiencing relationship breakdown with financial stress, …
<1y · Female·Head injury
… on train tracks during what was determined to be infanticide. The mother had severe untreated postnatal depression and anxiety, experiencing suicidal ideation and fixated concerns about harming her baby. Maternal and Ch…
15y · Male·asphyxiation by hanging
…, Youth Justice, and the Adolescent Forensic Health Service. Despite psychiatric assessments identifying depression, anger issues, and trauma, psychiatrists recommended involuntary admission which was deemed impractical.…
5y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic Encephalopathy due to methadone toxicity
…A for extended periods despite hot weather and her recent minor illness; once opioid-induced respiratory depression and hypoxia developed, naloxone proved ineffective as significant brain damage had already occurred. Ear…
3y · Female·Effects of fire deliberately set by mother in motor vehicle
…able evidence suggests possible misidentification of the dynamics. Ms Thomas had been assessed with mild depression by her GP but had not received formal mental health assessment despite concerning symptoms. The coroner …
10y · Male·Unascertainable
Two young children, Malachi (10 months) and Lochlan (2 years), died on 7-8 November 2008 in their mother's home en suite, with cause of death unascertainable. The mother claimed to have blacked out for approximately 10 h…
<1y · Female·head injuries
…d injuries inflicted by her mother, a previously well-functioning woman suffering unrecognized postnatal depression during the stressful period of managing unsettled twins with colic and poor weight gain. The case reveal…
11y · Female·Pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy secondary to KCNQ2 developmental and epile…
…h severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and multiple complex medical conditions including central respiratory depression and recurrent chest infections. She died from pneumonia at home in August 2023 after a 12-month period o…
15y · Male·Gastric perforation with early peritonitis; Acute gastric distension and chronic…
HM, a 15-year-old boy with suspected autism spectrum disorder and depression, died from spontaneous gastric perforation with early peritonitis secondary to acute gastric distension.…
Male·Gunshot wound to the head
… personality, causing disinhibited anger and criticism; pre-existing marital tensions; Geoff's untreated depression and emotional dependency; and family business financial disputes. The coroner found the medical, mental …
15y · Female·Paracetamol toxicity in the setting of Anorexia Nervosa
…e interventions (restraint, nasogastric feeding) require reassessment if escalating; comorbid autism and depression demand earlier formal diagnosis and coordinated treatment; and families need intensive in-home meal supp…
<1y · Male·Sequelae of drug toxicity (poisoning) — specifically respiratory depression and …
…mg/L—approximately 40 times and 20 times therapeutic levels respectively. The codeine caused respiratory depression and brain damage; the paracetamol caused hepatotoxicity. The child died on 1 March 2001. The coroner fou…
31y · Male·Hanging
…gular, systematic mental health risk assessment in community settings, particularly for individuals with depression, suicidal ideation history, and active substance misuse; (2) need for integrated information-sharing bet…
37y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
…oroner found he intended to take his own life, and in doing so caused his son's death. Conan had treated depression and anxiety with mirtazapine, reported as effective at his last consultation in January 2024. He express…
5y · Male·Combined effects of prescribed morphine, valproic acid and midazolam leading to …
…e with the child's existing sedative medications (clobazam, valproic acid, clonidine) led to respiratory depression and death. The death was potentially preventable through: specialist consultation on polypharmacy risks,…
3y · Male·smothering
… his mother, who was suffering from severe bipolar affective disorder with psychotic features and severe depression. The coroner examined whether psychiatric care was inadequate. The child's mother had a six-year history…
3y · Female·tramadol toxicity
…. The Department's case management failed to escalate concerns about the carer's deteriorating capacity, depression, illicit drug use, and the children's poor school/daycare attendance. Geographic distance from the offic…
27y · Male·Hanging
A 27-year-old carpenter with a long history of depression, suicidality, and substance abuse died by hanging. He had experienced recent family violence incidents a…
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