95 results for “depressive illness”
41y · Male·Effects of Fire
Mark Robert Scott, a 41-year-old man with chronic pain, substance addiction, and recent depressive illness, was admitted to Frankston Hospital on 15 July 2011 following suicidal ideation. During admissio…
38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck
…rvice station. MacLeod had suffered severe head injury in childhood with confirmed organic brain damage, depressive episodes, and untreated mental illness. In the week before his death, he showed increasing evidence of p…
47y · Female·INCISED INJURY TO THE NECK
A 47-year-old woman with schizophrenia and recent depressive symptoms died by intentional incised injury to the neck. She had been prescribed escitalopam on 10 Septe…
76y · Male·contact range gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
…entified ischemic heart disease; he refused angiography and was discharged. Post-discharge, he developed depressive symptoms, became reclusive, and developed health anxieties including unfounded beliefs about bowel cance…
33y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning consistent with inhalation of car exhaust fumes
A 33-year-old man with major depressive disorder and multiple suicide attempts died by carbon monoxide poisoning after premature discharge from …
31y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
Rory Van Geleuken, a 31-year-old with longstanding major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD, died by hanging. He had rece…
Male·Hanging
YGE, a man with major depressive disorder, suicidality, and illicit substance use, died by hanging at the Neighbourhood Justice Centre on…
15y · Female·Asphyxia due to hanging
…he coroner found she died from voluntary asphyxia with intention to end her life. Eden had suffered from depressive illness, with a history of self-harm and previous suicide attempts. Her family was extremely concerned a…
16y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…sion in adolescents—at age 11, the focus was on psychosocial stressors rather than diagnosing underlying depressive illness; (2) explicit inquiry about access to means of suicide, particularly firearms, when patients dis…
57y · Male·Multiple fatal injuries following a fall from height onto rocks
…iving charges), work concerns, and physical health worries. He had a significant family history of mental illness and suicide. After a previous suicide attempt by asphyxiation, he was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient…
44y · Male·multiple injuries sustained when struck by a semi-trailer as a result of suicide
A 44-year-old man with chronic bipolar disorder and severe depression died by suicide while detained under the Mental Health Act at a psychiatric hospital. He was hit by a semi-trailer after absconding from an open ward.…
53y · Male·asphyxia due to upper airway occlusion by a foreign body (blanket)
A 53-year-old man with complex psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia, depression, intellectual disability) died by asphyxiation after stuffing a blanket into his mouth while in a High Dependency Unit of a psychiatric hospi…
3y · Male·smothering
…mined whether psychiatric care was inadequate. The child's mother had a six-year history of severe mental illness with previous suicide attempts, had discontinued lithium against medical advice, and was reviewed by her …
60y · Female·multiple injuries
JF, a 60-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder and a history of suicide attempts, died by suicide at Redhead Headland on 12 February 2024. Des…
53y · Female·unascertained natural causes
Ms Rona, a 53-year-old woman with major depression, was admitted involuntarily to Bungarabee House psychiatric unit on 6 August 2018 after presenting with catatonic features, mutism, and refusal to eat or drink. She was …
29y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…Bell, aged 29, died by hanging in Mobilong Prison on 29 April 2015. He had a documented history of mental illness, previous suicide attempts, substance abuse (methamphetamine, heroin, alcohol), and was assessed as high-…
28y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Christopher George, a 28-year-old man with a history of depression and suicidal ideation, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while police conducted a welfare check at his home. He had stopped taking sertraline (ant…
59y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
A 59-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation died by hanging while on weekend leave from psychiatric care. He had been hospitalised four times in 2021 and was receiving electrocon…
50y · Female·unascertained
Margery Joyce Taylor, aged 50, disappeared on 7 September 1978 from Warren, NSW. She had a long history of bipolar disorder and depression with prior psychiatric hospitalisations. Two months before disappearance, she was…
15y · Male·Electrocution
JH, a 15-year-old with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder, died by electrocution at home on 16 September 2019. He had been experiencing suicidal ideation…
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