28 results for “maternal depression”
<1y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from impact with the ground from an extended height …
…ulting in multiple injuries including abdominal stab wounds. His mother, despite experiencing postpartum depression and social isolation (with only one friend in Australia), had no identified mental health issues at the …
1y · Female·Suffocation
…k. Ms Nikat was experiencing significant social isolation, family violence from her husband and in-laws, depression, parenting difficulties, and stress. Clinical lessons include the missed opportunity for repeat postnata…
<1y · Female·Head injury
… on train tracks during what was determined to be infanticide. The mother had severe untreated postnatal depression and anxiety, experiencing suicidal ideation and fixated concerns about harming her baby. Maternal and Ch…
<1y · Male·unexplained sudden death
…s with early aspiration pneumonia, rhinovirus infection, and trace amounts of fluoxetine metabolite (from maternal breastfeeding). The coroner found no strong evidence that maternal fluoxetine use was a contributory risk…
<1y · Female·head injuries
…d injuries inflicted by her mother, a previously well-functioning woman suffering unrecognized postnatal depression during the stressful period of managing unsettled twins with colic and poor weight gain. The case reveal…
8y · Male·Suffocation
…oy, died by suffocation at the hands of his mother, Ms Finch, on 8 March 2018. Ms Finch had a history of depression and anxiety, experiencing significant deterioration in mental health following her grandmother's death i…
2y · Male·Complications of malnutrition
… TFC, who had an acquired brain injury, mental health conditions (borderline personality disorder, PTSD, depression), and history of family violence, was unable to adequately provide nutrition and hydration. While TFC ap…
34y · Male·multiple injuries
Paul Dickson, a 34-year-old man with severe paranoid schizophrenia managed on a Community Treatment Order, died by suicide on 11 November 2013 after stepping in front of a truck. He had been discharged from Graylands Hos…
<1y · Male·unascertained, in an unsafe sleeping environment, on a background of respiratory…
Baby Caleb, aged 2 months, died on 30 November 2018 in an unsafe sleeping environment while his mother co-slept with him on a fold-out sofa in a squalid home. He had a concurrent respiratory tract infection. The coroner …
30y · Male·Death by drowning at sea, likely following suicide. Exact manner not determined.
…and harm himself. He was extremely distressed following the recent death of Oreo's mother, who had been a maternal figure to him. Patterson was never seen again, nor was his yacht. Extensive searches found no trace of ei…
6y · Female·Effects of fire
…or vehicle on 24 March 2022. Her mother Jasmine Thomas was experiencing significant relationship stress, depression, and evidence of coercive control by her husband. Thomas had reported emotional abuse, social isolation,…
3y · Male·smothering
… his mother, who was suffering from severe bipolar affective disorder with psychotic features and severe depression. The coroner examined whether psychiatric care was inadequate. The child's mother had a six-year history…
Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
Ms S died by suicide while experiencing severe postnatal depression eight weeks after giving birth. She presented to the ED with anxiety, insomnia, and suicidal ideation an…
15y · Female·compression of the neck
Sue Hui Wang, a 15-year-old student, died from compression of the neck between 16-19 September 2010 at her home in Balwyn, Victoria. The coroner found the exact circumstances of death unknown, unable to determine definit…
10y · Male·Unascertainable
Two young children, Malachi (10 months) and Lochlan (2 years), died on 7-8 November 2008 in their mother's home en suite, with cause of death unascertainable. The mother claimed to have blacked out for approximately 10 h…
22y · Female·Complications of cutaneous burns
…ed family members, and did not collaborate effectively with other services involved in her care including Maternal and Child Health Nurses. There was also a systemic issue regarding inadequate family violence crisis acco…
1y · Female·Oxycodone toxicity
Ellzbeth Rebecca Robins, a 1-year-old girl, died from Oxycodone toxicity after ingesting an 80mg Oxycontin tablet on 24 February 2010. Her father took Oxycontin for arthritis, stored in a bedroom drawer. A Piroxicam tabl…
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 …
2y · Female·drowning
…: the child protection service had closed the case file prematurely in February 2015 despite known severe maternal mental illness and prior child removal; the community mental health team discharged the mother on 9 Septe…
26y · Female·Asphyxiation due to Ligature Compression of Neck
Peta Dawson, a 26-year-old woman with a history of depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation following miscarriage and maternal rejection, was admitted to Merredin…
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