18 results for “grief reaction”
79y · Male·myocardial infarction
Brian Davies, 79, died of myocardial infarction while under an Inpatient Treatment Order for Alzheimer's dementia at Noarlunga Hospital. He presented with cognitive decline following his partner's death and developed agi…
45y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
…ot wound during a police response to a domestic violence incident. He had been struggling with depression, grief, alcohol and methamphetamine use for years, and repeatedly expressed suicidal ideation. Police responded a…
45y · Male·Hanging
…hanging after experiencing significant workplace stress. He had consulted his GP in October 2014 regarding grief over his mother's terminal illness and was prescribed sleeping tablets. He was diagnosed with depression i…
44y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the trunk and right thigh with subsequent blood loss
Christopher McGrail, a 44-year-old man with a history of substance abuse, depression, and trauma following his son's suicide, was shot by NSW Police during a knife confrontation. He presented with acute intoxication (alc…
14y · Female·hanging
…r 2007. She had significant unaddressed mental health concerns including suicidal ideation, self-harm, and grief following peer suicides. The coroner found systemic failures in care coordination: the Department of Human…
29y · Male·Hanging
… death was self-inflicted. Key clinical lessons include: (1) recognition of multiple cumulative stressors (grief from deaths of father, grandfather and aunt; relationship breakdown; drug addiction; medical comorbidities…
38y · Male·Unknown - body never located
Timothy Guy Slater, aged 38, disappeared from Fern Tree, Tasmania on 9 June 1987 while on leave from psychiatric inpatient care at Royal Hobart Hospital where he was being treated for depression. He had a history of prev…
40y · Male·Haemorrhage from gunshot wound to chest
Lee Andrew Kennedy, a 40-year-old man with a history of mood instability, migraines, and medical treatment through a GP and psychiatrist, died from a gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by Constable Erin Levay during a …
60y · Male·single gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
A 60-year-old man with bipolar disorder, depression, and recent bereavement made a 000 call stating suicidal intent with a firearm. A PoliceLink telephonist (Mr Tant) engaged him for 17 minutes in skilled de facto negoti…
19y · Male·Intentional self-inflicted hanging
…quires heightened vigilance; two previous attempts using the same method constitute serious warning signs; grief, social isolation, and substance use are compounding risk factors. Earlier mental health engagement might …
Unknown·VAD oral substance toxicity; underlying conditions: ischaemic heart disease, emp…
An elderly person (ABC) died from self-administering a voluntary assisted dying (VAD) oral substance that had been prescribed for their spouse but not collected for return after the spouse died. ABC was grieving, suffere…
16y · Female·Multisystem organ failure and cerebral hypoxia secondary to hanging
Taylor Janssen, 16, died by hanging after the suicide of her recent ex-boyfriend Zac Harvey. She was found in her home garage on 27 March 2009 and died in hospital from multisystem organ failure and cerebral hypoxia. The…
68y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall
68-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder and history of suicide attempts died by jumping from a car park rooftop on 14 April 2015. She had been discharged from psychiatric inpatient care to aged care on 2 March …
47y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
A 47-year-old woman with depression following relationship breakdown was admitted involuntarily to St Vincent's Mental Health with high suicide risk. After 2 days in the secure Extra Care Unit, she was transferred to the…
Male·Transection of the aorta with exsanguination caused by gunshot wounds to the mid…
…vember 1995 during a police response to a mental health crisis. He had schizophrenia, recently experienced grief from his wife and friend's deaths, and was deteriorating over days preceding the incident. The Mental Heal…
34y · Male·Neck compression by hanging
Frederick Row Row, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man, died by suicide in Capricornia Correctional Centre following a precipitous change in risk assessment from high to low in less than 48 hours. After assaulting another priso…
24y · Male·Aspiration of vomit associated with combined drug effect
Martin Raymond Coffey, 24, died from aspiration of vomit associated with combined drug effect while on home detention after serving a prison sentence for traffic offences. He had a history of depression (following the de…
19y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck
Stanley John Inman, 19-year-old Aboriginal male, died by suicide at St John of God Midland Hospital on 13 July 2020, two days after ligature compression of the neck at Acacia Prison. He was on low-level ARMS (at-risk man…
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