33 results for “polysubstance abuse and dependence”
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
Amanda Jane Harris, 36, was fatally stabbed by her intimate partner Daniel Eckersley on 7 July 2018 in Cranbourne…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease - coronary atherosclerosis and thrombosis
…-year-old man with intellectual disability, died from ischaemic heart disease with coronary atherosclerosis and thrombosis. He presented with symptoms consistent with acute coronary syndrome (arm pain, vomiting) in the …
32y · Male·Multidrug overdose
A 32-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic pain died from multidrug overdose at home. He had obtaine…
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…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
SK, a 25-year-old man with ADHD, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, depression and anxiety, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while handling an unregistered revolver under the influen…
Female·Hanging
The deceased was a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behaviour. She receive…
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 diso…
36y · Female·combined effects of baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury
Kim Melissa Hall, 36, died from combined baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury sustained during falls while acutely intoxicated. She had severe alcohol dependence treat…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine …
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, methadone, diazepam and risperidone)
Cassilla Ellen Dooley, a 34-year-old woman with chronic mental illness and substance dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving ethanol, methadone, diazepam, and risperidone…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
… pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with recent escalation involving heroin, amphetamine, and oxycodone. She was enrolled …
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 27-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder died from mixed drug…
23y · Male·multidrug overdose including tramadol and methadone
Shannon Lees, a 23-year-old with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse, absconded from a mental health rehabilitation unit and died from multidrug overdose in…
22y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
Christopher Ritson, a 22-year-old with severe alcohol and polysubstance dependence (ICE, cannabis), depression, anxiety and social phobia, died by suicide via hangin…
26y · Male·Gunshot wound to head
…cial Operations Group attempted his arrest. He was a known violent offender with a 10-year criminal history and substance abuse issues (heroin, amphetamines, benzodiazepines). Following his involvement in Brian Bottomle…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
…irblis, a 23-year-old PhD student, died from combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disorder, tre…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine and benzodiazepines)
A 33-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder and mental illness died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine, and benzodiaze…
32y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (codeine, methadone, alprazolam, diazepam) in a man with cor…
James Dougan, 32-year-old man with longstanding polysubstance abuse, died from mixed drug toxicity (codeine, methadone, alprazolam, diazepam) complicate…
38y · Male·Exsanguination due to penetration of arm veins
…icide on 27 April 2008 from exsanguination due to penetrating wounds to his arm veins. Brennan had a long-standing history of paranoid schizophrenia with fixed delusions and polysubstance abuse. In the months before dea…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
Gyan Murray Jeffery, age 31, died from head and chest injuries sustained when struck by two motor vehicles on the South Western Highway at Argyle, Western …
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