11 results for “dual diagnosis (mental illness with substance abuse)”
20y · Male·pulmonary oedema due to acute on chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin …
…ue to acute-on-chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin overdose. He had complex mental health and substance use issues dating back to age 16. He was prescribed dothiepin 300mg daily by a psychiatrist—well above t…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
…igh-speed motor vehicle collision while intoxicated. He had a 12-year history of bipolar affective disorder with comorbid substance abuse disorder, personality disorder, and poor impulse control. The coroner identified c…
28y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (gamma hydroxybutyrate and methamphetamine) with cardiore…
Dean Christopher Brice, a 28-year-old man with longstanding mental health and substance abuse problems, died from multiple drug toxicity (GHB and methamph…
33y · Male·complications from blunt force trauma to head consequent upon being struck by a …
A 33-year-old man with long-standing substance abuse and acute methadone withdrawal presented with suicidal ideation on the mornin…
41y · Male·unknown
Dean Anthony Pollard was a 41-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder who disappeared in May-June 2010…
Unknown·gunshot wounds; multiple deaths during police interventions with mentally ill in…
…ber 2003 and February 2006, Queensland police shot and killed four young men suffering from severe mental illness during crisis situations. In all four cases, the shootings were legally justified as the officers reasona…
53y · Male·severe burns
Mr Bloomfield, a 53-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance abuse history, was apprehended by police under section 10 Mental Health A…
49y · Unknown·Gunshot wound to head inflicted by spouse
…closure of intimate partner abuse; a general practitioner treating both victim and perpetrator concurrently without formal risk assessment or safety planning; mental health services discharging Mr Lock into Ms Lock's car…
19y · Male·Hanging
…n young people transitioning from acute care, understanding the heightened suicide risk in Aboriginal individuals away from cultural and family supports, and ensuring cultural safety in mental health treatment. The suici…
34y · Male·Long drop hanging resulting in complete decapitation
… on a Community Treatment Order. He had a 15-year history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, chronic polysubstance abuse (marijuana, heroin, amphetamines), and recurrent suicidal ideation with previous attempts. The cor…
Unknown·asphyxia sequential to hanging (all three cases); Charles Barlow: schizophrenia …
…ealth Unit; discharged from Yarrabah hospital to die by suicide hours later. Patrick Lusk (66) was admitted with severe depression but received inadequate mental state and risk assessment; discharged after 48 hours witho…
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