353 results for “personality_disorder”
33y · Male·multi-drug toxicity as a result of misadventure
Adam Hayward, a 33-year-old with borderline personality disorder, poly-substance abuse, and a complex psychiatric history including recurrent suicidal ideation and overdoses, died from multi-drug toxicity in October 2009…
34y · Male·Hanging
Mr Kelvin Swab, a 34-year-old with chronic mental illness including borderline personality disorder and longstanding suicidal ideation, died by hanging on 12 October 2008, shortly after discharge from inpatient psychiatr…
26y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height; significant contributing co…
A 26-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder died by suicide following a fall from cliffs. She presented to hospital after a serious suicide attempt earlier the same day. Expert evidence indicates she …
28y · Male·heroin toxicity
Elijah Shelley, a 28-year-old with borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and polysubstance abuse, was admitted to Alfred Health following a suspected heroin overdose suicide attempt on 27 October 2008. Un…
45y · Male·Multiple injuries due to fall from height
Mathew Richardson, a 45-year-old man with untreated antisocial personality disorder living in remote Queensland, died by suicide during a police arrest attempt. After failing to appear in court on charges involving alleg…
36y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
KE was a 36-year-old with longstanding psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, substance abuse, and multiple previous self-harm incidents. He was on bail with a residential condition preventing him…
37y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to hanging
A 37-year-old man with depression, suicidal ideation, and antisocial personality disorder died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following hanging while on home detention bail. He had been arrested following a domest…
30y · Female·Hanging
A 30-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, substance abuse history, and exposure to multiple family suicides (father, close friend, partner's mother) presented to Emergency Department after self-harm and s…
24y · Male·mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity
Nathan Lunson, aged 24, died from mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity following an impulsive overdose. He had longstanding borderline personality disorder, polysubstance dependence, chronic suicidal ideation, an…
35y · Female·neck and chest injuries and drowning due to intentional fall/jump from Tasman Br…
Jana Culic, aged 35, died by suicide jumping from the Tasman Bridge on 4 June 2020 while subject to a Mental Health Act treatment order for schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. She had a …
21y · Female·Neck compression
Kira Shae James, a 21-year-old with psychosis, borderline personality disorder, and eating disorder, died by ligature at Thomas Embling Hospital while an involuntary inpatient under Mental Health Act orders. She had a le…
25y · Male·hanging
Logan Brown, a 25-year-old man on home detention bail, died by hanging. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, polysubstance use disorder, and chronic suicidal ideation dating fro…
29y · Male·unknown, probably immersion
Shane Flanders, a 29-year-old man with a complex psychiatric history including personality disorder, substance abuse, previous suicide attempt, and drug-induced psychosis, disappeared on 28 January 2016 after being relea…
31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life
Maria Rebekah Wright, a 31-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder and chronic suicidality, died by drowning at Howrah Beach, Tasmania on 14 August 2017. She had been discharged from Royal Hobart Hospi…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
Suzanne Evans, aged 50, died from combined drug toxicity in the setting of tension pneumothorax. She had a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Following an argument with her pa…
51y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds to the chest
Edward Wayne Logan, a 51-year-old Maori man with a history of violence, bipolar disorder, and personality disorder, died after being shot by police at Tewantin, Queensland on 23 November 2014. Following an argument with …
Female·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision (for all five deceased)
Charmaine McLeod died by intentionally driving her vehicle into an oncoming truck, killing herself and her four young children (aged 2-6). She had a longstanding history of complex mental health issues (Borderline Person…
24y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Sheridan Burnell, 24, died from mixed drug toxicity following an intentional overdose of prescription medications (lamotrigine and quetiapine) on 2 January 2021. Her mental health care was reasonable and appropriate. The…
31y · Male·Hanging
A 31-year-old man with borderline personality disorder presented to mental health services after a suicide attempt on 30 March 2005, discharged after psychiatric assessment at Maroondah Hospital ED. Following several cri…
31y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
Kirstan McRae-Jansen, a 31-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse, died by plastic bag asphyxia using an LPG bottle. She was under Community Treatment Order with E…
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