19 results for “poly-substance use”
38y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (lethal level of dothiepin, potentially lethal level of morp…
…temazepam) and dothiepin (a tricyclic antidepressant) over four years, despite knowing she continued heroin use. The coroner found the prescribing approach 'unduly passive' and 'risky'. The combination of high-dose benz…
48y · Male·Cardiomegaly and fatty liver in a man with alcohol intoxication
Steven Karastavrou, a 48-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, poly-substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines), hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes, died suddenly a…
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity due to combination of alcohol and benzodiazepines (oxazep…
…rescribed these medications weekly for seven years without in-person clinical review, despite signs of poly-substance dependence and previous alcohol withdrawal seizure. The coroner found Dr B.'s management inadequate: i…
36y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to ischaemic heart disease with severe coronary …
…tional Centre in June 2018. He had significant cardiovascular risk factors including a history of poly-drug use (methamphetamine and cannabis), depression, anxiety, and PTSD. The coroner found no suspicious circumstance…
41y · Male·Pheniramine toxicity
… overdose of antihistamine tablets. He had a long history of schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, and poly-substance abuse. When found by police behaving erratically, his presentation—agitation, disorientation, unsteady…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…y at Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatr…
32y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (including heroin)
Kirk Steven Ardern, a 32-year-old male with a long history of opioid dependence and substance abuse, died from multiple drug toxicity (including heroin) three days after release from prison. Two critical cli…
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
…er, a 32-year-old man with intellectual impairment, mild cognitive disability, and a history of substance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 November 2014, he was detained under a Mental Health …
44y · Male·Positional asphyxia
Scott Allen Daniels, a 44-year-old with chronic schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse history, died from positional asphyxia on 17-19 March 2016. He consumed significant alcohol (BAC 0.220), ca…
41y · Male·unknown
… 2010 at Swan District Hospital where psychiatric assessment found no acute risks despite chronic substance use and aggression. He had poor medication compliance, escalating drug dependence, and episodes of violence. Cl…
33y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
…gaps; and suicide risk assessment cannot rely solely on self-report in recently suicidal patients with poly-substance abuse and relationship breakdown.
Female·hanging (suicide)
…2009 and 2013, but remained non-compliant with follow-up care and repeatedly relapsed into alcohol and drug use after discharge. Financial difficulties, unemployment, and loss of private health insurance limited her acc…
36y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide by hanging)
A 36-year-old Aboriginal man with cluster B personality disorder, substance abuse, and chronic self-harm risk died by ligature suicide in prison 2 hours after admission. He pleaded guilty t…
Unknown·Nicholas Brown: combined drug (methadone and benzodiazepine) intoxication; Toni …
…and reviews, absent urine drug screening, and poor record-keeping. Dr J.'s negligent prescribing directly caused deaths of Brown and Winwood from combined drug toxicity. Kemp died of pneumonia with prescription drug tox…
27y · Female·neck compression
27-year-old Lynette Phillips died from neck compression (strangulation) at the hands of her intimate partner Benjamin Pappas in February 2007. Lynette had a documented history of family violence, drug dependency, and was…
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
A 42-year-old male with a long history of schizophrenia and dissocial personality disorder was released from prison in August 2011 without parole conditions. Despite police and forensic mental health concerns about his r…
31y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest
…ene, failure to contact the Critical Incident Response Team despite Chapman's known mental illness and drug use, and the ineffectiveness of multiple capsicum spray and foam deployments. While the shooting itself was jus…
21y · Male·upper airway obstruction and plastic bag asphyxia
Matthew Aaron Condie, a 21-year-old prisoner serving a 12-year sentence at Port Phillip Prison, died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag on 27-28 September 2007. The coroner found his death was potentially preventable du…
Unknown·smoke inhalation and burns from deliberately-lit fire (primary cause varies by i…
Fourteen elderly residents died in a deliberately-lit fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home on 18 November 2011, set by drug-dependent nurse Roger Dean to destroy evidence of medication theft. Dean had worked while visibly i…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.