17 results for “mania”
70y · Female·Asphyxia due to airway obstruction
… due to airway obstruction while an inpatient in a mental health unit. She was admitted with first-episode mania with psychotic features, triggered by financial scam victimization. Despite appropriate psychiatric manage…
84y · Female·Multisystem organ failure related to complications from a fall resulting in hip …
…-stimulus area despite being assessed as high falls risk. She underwent surgery on 27 August but her acute mania, severe agitation, and challenging behaviour made post-operative management extremely difficult. Staff cou…
63y · Male·Unascertained - natural causes. Cardiac arrest with secondary hypoxic-ischaemic …
…d emphysema was admitted involuntarily to Northern Hospital on 24 March 2024 after exhibiting delirium and mania with medication non-compliance. He was assessed as high risk and managed under Mental Health Act orders. D…
80y · Female·Right haemothorax due to bleeding right pleural adhesion with contributing apixa…
…n. She was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital for psychiatric care under an Inpatient Treatment Order for mania following cessation of carbamazepine. On 24 April 2019, after slipping in the bathroom and experiencing dr…
41y · Male·asphyxia due to neck compression following ligature suspension (hanging)
…rs including family violence, homelessness, and financial crisis. In October 2023, he presented with acute mania and psychosis, requiring compulsory psychiatric hospitalization. After three weeks inpatient treatment, he…
76y · Male·Upper airway obstruction by food bolus in a man with ischaemic heart disease
Mr Terence Wilson, aged 76, died from upper airway obstruction by food bolus while attending a family gathering. He had recently been diagnosed with ischaemic heart disease requiring bypass surgery and bipolar affective …
58y · Male·Cardiomegaly and severe single vessel coronary artery atherosclerosis in a man w…
David John McLeod, a 58-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit on 21 August 2012 following mental health deterioration. He presented with signs of infection, received app…
51y · Female·drowning
Laura Golding, a 51-year-old transgender female with longstanding bipolar affective disorder and recent psychotic episodes, died by drowning on 13 October 2017 after taking an unmanned dinghy into Copper Alley Bay withou…
40y · Male·Asphyxia caused by a seizure resulting from severe alcohol intoxication. Underly…
Paul Meech, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died of asphyxia caused by a seizure from severe alcohol intoxication while in police custody at Hervey Bay watch house. Critical failures occurred: (1) The …
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest following a choking…
Andrea Sewell, a 46-year-old woman with Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS) and acute psychiatric illness, died from hypoxic brain injury following a choking episode during a meal in a psychiatric intensive care unit (P…
40y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
A 40-year-old man with metastatic melanoma died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 September 2015. He had atypical nevi removed in 2009 and melanoma diagnosed in 2013, initially undergoing surgery with curative intent. How…
52y · Male·Multiple injuries and immersion leading to hypoxic brain injury and pneumonia
Male D, aged 52, died from multiple injuries and immersion leading to hypoxic brain injury and pneumonia sustained during an assault. The perpetrator, Y, was a patient with schizo-affective disorder admitted involuntaril…
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
A 42-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder subject to a Community Treatment Order died in a single-vehicle motor crash in rural Western Australia. He had poor insight, chronic medication non-adherence, and a pattern…
32y · Male·1(a) Aspiration of gastric contents; 1(b) Combined drug toxicity
A 32-year-old Eritrean refugee died on 22 August 2017 in a mental health unit from aspiration of gastric contents and combined drug toxicity. During his six-day admission, Mr SWX received 64 doses of 11 medications with …
61y · Male·Undetermined
Gerard Guy Vaz, a 61-year-old man with bipolar disorder, obstructive sleep apnoea, and renal impairment, was admitted to Maroondah Hospital on 2 April 2015 with acute manic relapse with psychosis. He was administered zuc…
54y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury attributed to cardiac arrest due to choking
A 54-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia died of hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from choking on food whilst in seclusion in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Key failures included: unsupervised provision of food to…
30y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest
Gabriel Messo, a 30-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by Victoria Police on 16 July 2020 after violently assaulting his mother at John Coutts Reserve. Clinical lessons inclu…
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