5 results for “detention-induced mental health deterioration”
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck
…tion detention centre on 8 November 2015. He had spent 1,477 days in detention and experienced progressive mental health deterioration characterised by depression, anxiety, and psychotic-like symptoms attributed primaril…
47y · Male·abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) induced by atherosclerosis, occurring in the …
Peter Shishko, a 47-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died in a mental health facility while in involuntary detention. He suffered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia on a background of …
26y · Male·.357 magnum gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
…g his parents with a knife. Critical clinical lesson: his general practitioner failed to utilize available mental health services despite clear evidence of florid psychosis. The GP refused detention under the Mental Heal…
39y · Male·Excited delirium, probably caused by amphetamine toxicity-induced psychosis. Dea…
…ss via adrenergic response and muscle tetany; (4) pre-hospital resuscitation was delayed despite clear deterioration; (5) his severely narrowed coronary arteries and enlarged heart meant he was at imminent risk of sudde…
38y · Male·Exsanguination due to penetration of arm veins
…the months before death, he became non-compliant with psychiatric medication despite treatment from prison health services. Although reviewed by a mental health nurse specialist on 24 April 2008 who noted fleeting suicid…
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