151 results for “paranoid psychosis”
84y · Female·sepsis and cardiac failure in a woman with hypertensive ischaemic and valvular h…
…rdiac failure. She was admitted to hospital in June 2016 with decompensated cardiac failure and developed paranoid psychosis requiring an Inpatient Treatment Order. The psychosis initially impaired her cooperation with e…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from 21st floor balcony
… new workplace on his first day as building manager. He had been experiencing auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions about police surveillance for several months, likely due to an undiagnosed psychiatric conditio…
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…
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 33-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, polysubstance dependence (amphetamines/cannabis), and chronic suicidal ideation died from …
41y · Male·unascertained
…ared from a remote homestead on the Dampier Peninsula in October 2010. He was last seen exhibiting acute psychosis with auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions about evil spirits and bush men. Despite an extensiv…
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
A 64-year-old man with paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac f…
37y · Male·Sergeant Huitson: gunshot wound to chest and abdomen; Ansell: multiple gunshot w…
… Freemasons kidnapping his children. His amphetamine use and possible underlying mental illness created a paranoid psychotic state. Sergeant Huitson was fatally wounded by a bullet that penetrated his ballistic vest thro…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
…b and incised wounds to his neck, chest, and head on 24 April 2016 in Tasmania. He had a long history of psychosis and depression dating from age 14, treated with antipsychotic medication with variable compliance. In th…
69y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia and mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone and pentobarbitone)
…hronic obstructive airways disease, chronic pain, depression, and recent psychiatric assessment revealing paranoid psychosis and neurocognitive decline. Despite appropriate specialist referrals and GP management by Dr G.…
37y · Female·head injury sustained in motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
A 37-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient with paranoid psychosis absconded from the low-dependency psychiatric unit at Maroondah Hospital and deliberately stepp…
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…
59y · Female·head injury
Ms Athiel Deng, a 59-year-old Sudanese refugee, was fatally assaulted by her son Majang Ngor during an acute psychotic episode induced by cannabis and methamphetamine use. Ngor had a documented first psychotic episode in…
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…
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 …
52y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from a fall from height
A 52-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia subject to a Community Treatment Order died from injuries sustained after jumping from a th…
23y · Male·Hanging whilst suffering acute mental illness, most likely a first episode delus…
A 23-year-old man in custody died by hanging in May 2011 while experiencing untreated first-episode psychosis with paranoid delusions. He had expressed suicidal ideation on 20 April and was assessed by a Risk Inter…
59y · Male·Cardiac arrest caused by Ischaemic Heart Disease
Angus 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 Spri…
30y · Male·unascertained
…sychotic episode while being restrained by police. He had recently moved from Queensland showing signs of paranoid schizophrenia with self-inflicted lacerations. His brother Adam contacted the Mental Health Service twice…
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
… lack of insight into his condition, traumatic police-facilitated admission as a 15-year-old, stigma, and paranoid fears. The coroner recommended cultural awareness training for nursing staff and environmental improvemen…
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Cuzens: multiple i…
This tragic case involved a mother with severe untreated psychosis who killed her two daughters and then herself. Ms Glendinning had a longstanding history of paranoid del…
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