16 results for “organic psychosis”
44y · Male·Unascertained; presumed exposure
…on, a 44-year-old man with significant medical comorbidities including rheumatic heart disease, diabetes, organic psychosis and seizure disorder, disappeared from Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia on 28 January 2018. …
69y · Male·unknown
John Joseph Moran, a 69-year-old man with a history of mental health problems including schizophreniform psychosis and organic delusional disorder following a stroke, disappeared in February 2006 while in a remote area …
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
…floor balcony five days after discharge from his first psychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired brain injury. Critical deficiencies included: in…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
Bert Sharpe, aged 58, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 19 April 2004. He had been an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital since 1992, fo…
48y · Male·metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, treated palliatively
Lindsay Woods, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and ischaemic heart disease, died from metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was …
76y · Female·end-stage liver failure with encephalopathy due to hepatic cirrhosis
…died from end-stage liver failure with encephalopathy due to hepatic cirrhosis. She presented with acute psychosis in February 2015 and was found to have extensive cerebrovascular disease, severe cerebellar ataxia, and …
59y · Male·Cardiac arrest caused by Ischaemic Heart Disease
…us Dixon, a 59-year-old Aboriginal man with ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and a history of paranoid psychosis, died from acute myocardial infarction while an involuntary mental health patient at Alice Springs Hospi…
Unknown·Multiple; Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposu…
Four Aboriginal individuals died on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Ward (19) and Ryan (25) died by hanging with evidence of petrol intoxication. Ken (35) died from exposure after wandering a…
Unknown·Multiple causes including neck compression due to hanging (Ward, Ryan, Cooper) a…
This inquest into four deaths on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands involved multiple causes including hanging (three cases) and exposure with complications. Kunmanara Ward died by hanging while intoxicated with petrol; Kun…
50y · Male·Pneumonia
Anthony Mandel, a 50-year-old man with intellectual disability and schizophrenia, was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 4 May 2007 following an acute psychotic episode. He was transferred to a mental health unit, then bac…
74y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis in the setting of re…
…ted neurological signs (leg paralysis, reduced sensation) to behavioural issues rather than investigating organic causes; (2) delayed CT imaging and diagnosis of spinal injury despite nursing escalation; (3) initial ass…
28y · Male·Acute Dopamine Imbalance Syndrome
A 28-year-old man with first-episode psychosis presented with command auditory hallucinations after a motor vehicle accident. An EEG ordered to exclude…
49y · Male·unascertainable; possible explanations include epileptic seizure, cardiac arrhyt…
Ritchie Gordon, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, was a long-term involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital who died on 12 July 2005 of unascertainable cause. Possible explanations incl…
34y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following seizure with concomitant global severe anoxic enc…
Kenneth Strangways, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man with post-traumatic epilepsy, organic brain damage from head injuries, alcoholism and psychiatric illness, died from aspiration pneumonia follo…
29y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Houston Peel, a 29-year-old man, presented to Fiona Stanley Hospital ED at 4:35 am on 30 March 2023 with acute psychotic symptoms including auditory and visual hallucinations, bizarre behaviour, and paranoid ideation fol…
36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorder died by ligature while an involuntary inpatient in a locked mental health ward. He was on hourly observations and had re…
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