Coronial

28 results for major depression with psychotic symptoms

NSWhome2021-03-11

Inquest into the death of Chan Chen

35y · Female·Stab wounds to the chest

…ecution, beliefs that Chen was having affairs, and violent threats. Although Luo had been prescribed antipsychotic medication (Risperdal) and anxiolytic medication (Oxazepam) in China, he ceased taking them upon return …

general practicepsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationrisperidone
WA2023-08-23

Inquest into the Deaths of Adell Sherylee PARTRIDGE and Veronica Philomena LOCKYER

Female·unascertained

Two Indigenous women from the Pilbara disappeared in late 1998 without trace: Veronica Lockyer (33 years old) and her infant daughter Adell Partridge (7 months old). Veronica …

communicationsystem
QLDPodcast2020-06-30

Ayliffe-Chung, Mia Mishka Annie and; Jackson, Thomas Leslie - Non-inquest findings

Unknown·Mia: Stab wound to heart; Thomas: Stab wound to brain

…ere fatally stabbed at a Queensland hostel on 23 August 2016 by a French backpacker, Smail Ayad, who was psychotic and cannabis-intoxicated. Ayad had displayed paranoid ideation, paranoid schizophrenia, and major depres…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationcannabis
SAhome2002-11-06

Coroner's Finding: JERICHO Patricia Susanne

43y · Female·neck compression due to hanging

A 43-year-old woman with longstanding depression and previous suicidal ideation presented to Emergency Department twice within 14 da…

general practicepsychiatrycommunicationsystemaurorix
VICcommunity2021-11-25

Finding into death of Daniel Neil Thomas

35y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)

…nflicted gunshot wound during a police siege. He had a history of substance-induced psychosis from ice use, with multiple psychiatric admissions in 2015-2016. Following discharge, he declined mental health follow-up and …

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationmethamphetamine
SAhospital2011-09-23

Coroner's Finding: BLYTHE Dorothy Josephine

81y · Female·ischaemic bowel

An 81-year-old woman with longstanding depression and multiple comorbidities fell and fractured her humerus in March 2009. During reh…

psychiatrygeneral surgerydiagnosticdelay
TAScommunity2020-08-13

Coroner's Finding: Wright, Maria Rebekah

31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life

Maria Rebekah Wright, a 31-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder and chronic suicidality, died by drowning at Howrah Beach, Tasmania …

psychiatrypsychologyparacetamol
VIC2017

Finding into death of Jacinta Mary Dwyer

50y · Female·Hanging

Jacinta Dwyer, a newly appointed magistrate with limited criminal law experience, developed severe anxiety and depression within months of taking office in …

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemcommunicationcitalopram
VICcommunity2018-09-18

Finding into death of Gerald Vanderwerf

56y · Male·unascertained; presumed suicide by unknown means

Gerald Vanderwerf, a 56-year-old man with a 40-year history of severe depression, suicidal ideation, and multiple suicide attempts, disappeared from …

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystemlamotrigine
VIC2014-08-25

Finding into death of Keiran Bailey

44y · Male·Complications of blunt head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (cycl…

…ing. The driver, who caused the collision, had a documented psychiatric history including schizophrenia, depression, psychosis, and polydrug abuse. Despite psychiatric treatment and psychiatric hospital admissions in 201…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemcommunicationantipsychotic medications
NSWmental health2024-05-16

Inquest into the death of Roger Frederick Schnelle

59y · Male·head injuries

…use mental health facility in April 2021. He developed sudden onset severe mental illness (anxiety disorder with depressive features, with possible psychotic depression) triggered by debilitating vestibular symptoms. Des…

psychiatrygeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationsertraline
SAcommunity2014-03-12

Coroner's Finding: MUNDY Michaela Jayne

15y · Female·neck compression due to hanging

Michaela Mundy, a 15-year-old with depression, was seen by CAMHS therapist Vina Hotich from July-November 2011, presenting with suicidal ideat…

psychiatrygeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationfluoxetine
NT2001-12-19

Inquest into the death of Johnno Wurramarba

15y · Male·compression of the neck by hanging

…icators; (4) inadequate mental health assessment on admission despite reported petrol sniffing and cannabis withdrawal; (5) possible depression and psychotic symptoms (hearing voices) not adequately documented or investi…

paediatricspsychiatrydiagnosticproceduralcannabis
VIC2020-10-29

Finding into death of Bo Zhao

31y · Male·Combined Drug Toxicity (amitriptyline and metoclopramide)

…tory of suicidal ideation dating back to October 2017. Mental health assessments in 2017-2018 identified depression, anxiety, and despair but he did not engage with recommended psychiatric treatment or counselling. He ha…

psychiatrygeneral practicedelayamitriptyline
SA2021-11-04

Coroner's Finding: Papageorgiou, Theo Nickolas

27y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging

Theo Papageorgiou, a 27-year-old man with a history of psychotic and manic symptoms since November 2014, was briefly detained under a mental health o…

psychiatrygeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationolanzapine
VICmental health2015-10-15

Finding into death of Helen Maria Bryce

54y · Female·Hanging

A 54-year-old woman with a history of puerperal psychosis presented with severe depression and anxiety in early 2011. After two suic…

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystemcitalopram
VICmental health2012-10-12

Finding into death of Grant Elliot Phillips

29y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident (intentional self-harm)

Grant Phillips, 29-year-old with schizophrenia and complex psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts, was admitted involuntari…

psychiatrydiagnosticsystemdextroamphetamine
NTmental health2003-12-19

Inquest into the death of Sarah Higgins

19y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy as a result of attempted hanging

A 19-year-old woman with psychosis and depression died from hypoxic encephalopathy following attempted hanging while in involuntary …

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemcommunicationhaloperidol
VICcommunity2014-09-01

Finding into death of Kirstan McRae-Jansen

31y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia

Kirstan McRae-Jansen, a 31-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse, died by plastic bag asphyxia u…

psychiatryolanzapine
NSWcommunity2025-08-22

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Habtom Ghilagaber

30y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination performed

… importance of early psychiatric follow-up and involuntary detention protocols—Habtom had been hospitalised with schizophreniform psychosis/delusional disorder in December 1994 and discharged January 1995 with documented…

psychiatrypsychologysystemcommunicationantipsychotic medication

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