10 results for “mental and behavioural disorder due to substance abuse”
23y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 23-year-old male with drug-induced psychosis died by hanging. He had a long history of substance abuse and behavioural problems, with multiple presentations to hospital and mental health services. In M…
46y · Male·Complications of self-inflicted incised injuries to the neck
…cted incised injuries to the neck while Victoria Police were attempting to take him into custody under the Mental Health Act 1986. He was an indigenous man with a history of self-harm (2008 incident with similar neck inj…
40y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
Brian Pope, a 40-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues including major depressive disorder, anxiety, learning disability (dyslexia), and s…
25y · Female·Chest injuries due to fall from height
…sychiatric inpatients (SH, 25-year-old female; AW, 24-year-old male) died by suicide by jumping from the Buranda car park across from Princess Alexandra Hospital's Mental Health Unit within a 10-month period despite bei…
24y · Male·Blood loss due to multiple stab wounds to chest and multiple incised wounds of n…
A 24-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse killed his 2-year-old son and himself in March 2009. The deceased had been released o…
35y · Male·Fentanyl toxicity
…g at Tarlo Intensive Residential Support Service. He extracted Fentanyl from prescribed transdermal patches and injected it intravenously. Despite being in a facility designed to provide 24-hour supervision, David acces…
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
A 42-year-old male with a long history of schizophrenia and dissocial personality disorder was released from prison in August 2011 without parole conditions. Despite p…
26y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
Jason Govan, 26-year-old fitter and turner, was killed in a high-speed head-on collision on the Princes Freeway when the opposing driver, suffe…
41y · Female·neck compression
…pression between 12-14 February 2016. She was in a relationship with LM, who had paranoid schizophrenia, substance abuse issues, and a history of violence. Following a family violence incident on 17 January 2016 where L…
21y · Male·upper airway obstruction and plastic bag asphyxia
…iation using a plastic bag on 27-28 September 2007. The coroner found his death was potentially preventable due to systemic clinical and management failures in suicide and self-harm (SASH) risk assessment. Despite compl…
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