24 results for “paranoid beliefs”
60y · Male·Undetermined - likely natural causes (centriacinar emphysema) or misadventure (f…
Jeff Malcolm Haig, a 60-year-old man with multiple sclerosis and documented paranoid and delusional beliefs about being monitored, was found deceased at Low Head, Tasmania on 26 August 2022,…
62y · Male·drowning
…rioration in mental health. He had a long history of depression but experienced acute decompensation with paranoid delusions in the weeks before death, triggered by a petrol spill incident. Following psychiatric admissio…
28y · Male·hanging
Aaron Nathan Stagg, 28-year-old man with likely Asperger's Syndrome and emerging paranoid psychosis, died by hanging on 5 March 2010 after a period of disengagement from mental health services. H…
77y · Female·Asphyxia from manual strangulation and smothering
…ever been assessed or treated for mental health issues before the incident, though he had held delusional beliefs since 2003 that significantly worsened in the days preceding the death, causing auditory and visual hallu…
37y · Male·Sergeant Huitson: gunshot wound to chest and abdomen; Ansell: multiple gunshot w…
…ding three civilians. Ansell had developed a shared delusional system with his de facto partner involving beliefs about Freemasons kidnapping his children. His amphetamine use and possible underlying mental illness crea…
77y · Female·Complications of malnutrition in a woman with paranoid delusions
…h complex medical and psychiatric history died from complications of malnutrition while an inpatient with paranoid delusions and delirium. She was admitted following falls and required compulsory treatment under the Ment…
53y · Male·smoke inhalation and effects of heat from motor vehicle fire
…ice apprehension inside a crash repair shop. In the weeks prior, he exhibited increasingly irrational and paranoid behaviour, including belief in conspiracy theories and surveillance, with evidence of methamphetamine use…
71y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
A 71-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia was detained under the Mental Health Act after community mental health workers observed phy…
30y · Male·head and chest injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Ali Sultan Zaidi, a 30-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a fall from height on 24 September 2007. He had a psychiatric review on 20 September 2007 with Dr M., wh…
44y · Male·unascertained - may have been injury from fall, drowning, or predation from mari…
…cargo vessel Maersk Mover on 24 September 2021 in the Indian Ocean off Exmouth, WA. He had an undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia with a history of anxiety, depression, and previous suicidal ideation, managed with olanzap…
32y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
…ted whether her death was preventable from a mental health perspective. Mr Ellard had treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia and was under voluntary mental health treatment at Bendigo Health. The coroner found that m…
29y · Female·Multiple stab injuries to the chest
…a was having an affair. In the weeks preceding the incident, Mamour formed baseless suspicions, expressed paranoid beliefs about Sudanese men monitoring him, and purchased a knife. On the day of the incident, Juana's com…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
…pliance. In the weeks before death, he experienced escalating paranoia and delusional ideation, including paranoid beliefs about being persecuted. He presented to hospital on 8 April 2016 with methamphetamine toxicity af…
86y · Female·multi-organ failure due to sepsis
…ondary to staphylococcal salivary gland infection, likely triggered by her refusal to eat or drink due to paranoid beliefs. Despite intravenous hydration, antibiotics, and attempted feeding tube placement, her condition …
23y · Male·Multiple injuries from being struck by train
Jalen Hunter Norris, aged 23, died by suicide when struck by a train on 9 April 2021. He was experiencing paranoid delusions and had recently been arrested for criminal damage and cannabis possession after an incident at…
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (Benjamin Green: homicide by William Markee; William M…
…ep, then shot himself. Clinical lesson: Markee had clear, untreated mental health issues characterised by paranoid delusions, obsessive fixation, and suicidal ideation, but never engaged with available mental health serv…
89y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of psy…
…idney disease and type 2 diabetes, deteriorated in hospital with refusal to eat or drink due to psychotic beliefs. After initial conservative management, compulsory ECT was approved and administered. She subsequently de…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia on background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
…ngoing psychiatric management with antipsychotics, he frequently refused medications and held unrealistic beliefs about treating his lung disease. He required four admissions to Royal Perth Hospital for respiratory fail…
35y · Female·Stab wounds to the chest
…st. Luo had displayed increasingly erratic behaviour throughout 2019, including delusions of persecution, beliefs that Chen was having affairs, and violent threats. Although Luo had been prescribed antipsychotic medicat…
69y · Female·Toxicity to pentobarbitone in circumstances where she intended to end her own li…
Heather Telfer, a 69-year-old woman with longstanding asthma, chronic health anxiety, and significant social isolation, died from pentobarbitone toxicity. She had a prior suicide attempt 12 years earlier and expressed su…
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