50 results for “mental_health_disorder”
Female·Exsanguination following self-infliction of a wound with the intention of taking…
A woman with a long-standing history of mental health issues and previous suicide attempts (May 2008, September 2007, April 2008) died on 13 February 2009 from exsanguination due to a self-inflicted wound in bushland nea…
74y · Male·Drowning
Stephen James O'Connell, aged 74, died by suicide by drowning in the Derwent River on 2 October 2024. He had a significant psychiatric history with previous suicide attempts (1997, 2005) and mental health conditions dati…
66y · Male·Unknown - death presumed to have occurred but cause undetermined
This finding concerns the disappearance and presumed death of Alison Henderson Mason, an 66-year-old man with cardiac, cognitive, and mental health issues who disappeared from his home in Devonport, Tasmania on 8 October…
50y · Female·unascertained
Jennifer Capes, a 50-year-old resident in a community care unit with complex mental health and physical health needs, was found unresponsive at 6am and pronounced deceased following unsuccessful resuscitation. She had me…
26y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the context of neck compression
A 26-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues and substance use died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy caused by neck compression during a physical altercation with his brother at a family event. Mr Anthon…
51y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
Andrew Chee Quee, aged 51, died on 20 April 2020 from a gunshot wound to the chest fired by Probationary Constable Worboys in Rockdale, Sydney, during armed police confrontation. Chee Quee was armed with knives and hamme…
30y · Male·Cause of death remains uncertain; likely drug-related but not established
Jason Britten, a 30-year-old man with a long history of heroin use and mental health issues including previous suicide attempts, was found dead at his home in February 2015 after approximately three months of decompositi…
30y · Male·Head injuries sustained from intentional motor vehicle collision with oncoming t…
A 30-year-old man with untreated long-standing mental health difficulties died by intentionally driving his vehicle into an oncoming truck on 5 September 2017. He had experienced relationship stress, demonstrated poor em…
38y · Male·Unable to determine; presumed to be drowning, hypothermia, or other cause follow…
Matthias Alexander Lehmann, a 38-year-old man with a significant history of mental health difficulties and multiple suicide attempts by drug overdose, disappeared during a ferry journey from Devonport to Melbourne on 15-…
29y · Male·Unascertainable - likely drowning or accidental injury during terrain navigation…
Mikael Felsch, aged 29, died on 16 December 2015 in Wollemi National Park after becoming stranded in bushland. He had a significant history of suicide attempts and mental health issues exacerbated by methylamphetamine us…
34y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
James Michael Watson, aged 34, died from multiple gunshot wounds sustained during a police altercation outside the Greek Club in South Brisbane on 11 October 2022. He had long-standing mental health issues and polysubsta…
Unknown·Sally-Anne Wills: multiple stab wounds to the chest; Christopher Polden: single …
This coronial finding examined three deaths resulting from violent attacks by Mohammed Ibrahim on 11-12 March 2020 in Victoria. Sally-Anne Wills (30) died from multiple stab wounds at Coppin Grove, Hawthorn; Christopher …
50y · Male·Immersion, with alcohol intoxication and doxepin toxicity being significant fact…
Jean-Louis Langlois, a 50-year-old French-Australian man with significant mental health issues, alcohol dependence, and chronic social difficulties, was found deceased on Wanda Beach in January 1997. He died from immersi…
Female·Multiple Injuries (motor vehicle collision)
Two people died in a motor vehicle collision on the Pacific Motorway on 15 January 2020. Rowan Nelson (22 years old) was driving a Toyota Yaris with his mother Louise (53 years old) as a passenger when the vehicle crosse…
17y · Male·injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident (driver)
Oscar McIntyre, 17 years old, died from injuries sustained when he left the track during a motorcycle race at Phillip Island, rode across the infield at full speed without braking, and was struck by another rider. He had…
51y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
Andrew Chee Quee, 51, died from a gunshot wound sustained during a police confrontation at Bay Street, Rockdale, on 20 April 2020. He had a longstanding history of depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation. On t…
2y · Female·drowning
A 2-year-old child died by drowning at her home in September 2016. Her mother was suffering from acute psychosis and had stopped taking antipsychotic medication days before the death. Critical failures occurred: the chil…
41y · Male·multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a fall from height from the Tasman Br…
A 41-year-old man with a long history of alcohol and illicit drug abuse, poor mental health with suicidal ideation, and a history of Mental Health Act orders died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge in Hobart after threate…
20y · Male·Hanging
Mitchell Boyd Branson, aged 20, died by hanging in Mildura in June 2019. He had a documented history of mental illness including PTSD stemming from exposure to traumatic internet imagery at age 10, a prior suicide attemp…
30y · Male·exsanguination due to division of left brachial artery
Philip Michael Harris, aged 30, died in Yatala Labour Prison from exsanguination following self-inflicted lacerations to his left forearm that severed the brachial artery. He had a longstanding history of self-harm behav…
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