Coronial

135 results for polysubstance use disorder

TAScommunity2022-09-29

Coroner's Finding: Eirth, Rebecca Jayne

32y · Female·Combined drug (alprazolam and methadone) toxicity

… injection of illicit drugs at her supported housing residence. She had a longstanding history of substance use disorder, commencing in adolescence, with previous attempts at rehabilitation including methadone maintenan…

addiction medicinepharmacologyalprazolam
VIChome2013-10-11

Finding into death of LP

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 (Xanax) abuse

pathologypsychiatryheroin
WAcommunity2024-10-22

Inquest into the Death of Karl Jonathan TURNER

49y · Male·combined drug toxicity

Karl Turner, a 49-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and chronic polysubstance use, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, pregabalin, methylamph…

psychiatryintensive caresystemdelaymorphine
TAShome2016-12-05

Coroner's Finding: Lunson, Nathan

24y · Male·mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity

…nd prescription drug toxicity following an impulsive overdose. He had longstanding borderline personality disorder, polysubstance dependence, chronic suicidal ideation, and was under psychiatric care. After a relationshi…

psychiatrypsychologyalcohol
SAhome2025-11-27

Coroner's Finding: Brown, Logan Reece

25y · Male·hanging

…me detention bail, died by hanging. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, polysubstance use disorder, and chronic suicidal ideation dating from childhood. Despite multiple episod…

psychiatrygeneral practicemethamphetamine
WAhome2025-06-24

Inquest into the Death of Leighton Michael WOOD

44y · Male·bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect

…ghton Wood, 44, died from bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect. He had schizoaffective disorder, anti-social personality disorder, and chronic polysubstance use disorder (alcohol, methylamphetamine, ca…

psychiatrypathologyzuclopenthixol decanoate
WAcommunity2024-08-13

Inquest into the Death of Amy Rebecca DEANE-JOHNS

48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (predominantly methadone)

…. She had a long history of mental illness with 18 inpatient admissions between 2016 and 2022, chronic polysubstance use including methamphetamine and alcohol, and was under a Community Treatment Order (CTO) at the time…

psychiatrymethadone
VICcommunity2016-11-29

Finding into death of Phillip Richard Anderson

32y · Male·Complications of mixed drug use

A 32-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse disorder died from complications of mixed drug use after boarding a train in an i…

psychiatryforensic medicinecommunicationzuclopenthixol
VIChome2023

Finding into death of Mr ZJF

27y · Male·Dextromethorphan toxicity

Mr ZJF, a 27-year-old man with a longstanding history of schizophrenia, polysubstance use disorder, and depression, died from dextromethorphan toxicity. He was subject to a Community Treat…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdextromethorphan
SAhome2025-05-20

Coroner's Finding: Johnstone, Aaron George

43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity

…n home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD, and polysubstance use disorder, with previous suicide attempts and admissions. He was engaged with mental health and add…

psychiatryaddiction medicinemethamphetamine
VICcommunity2017-07-07

Finding into death of SO

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…

psychiatryaddiction medicinedischargesystemheroin
SAhome2020-05-28

Coroner's Finding: WHITE Jeffrey Thomas

35y · Male·heroin toxicity

… Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted Drug …

addiction medicinegeneral practicedelayheroin
WAhome2023-06-28

Inquest into the Death of Nicholas Arthur CRIPPS

47y · Male·combined acute effects of multiple drugs in obese man with enlarged heart and ar…

Nicholas Cripps, a 47-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, died from combined acute effects of multiple drugs (methylam…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemmethamphetamine
WAhome2022-04-13

Inquest into the Death of Boris DRLESKI

45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity

…is Drleski, a 45-year-old with treatment-resistant chronic paranoid schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, and polysubstance use disorder, died from bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity. He was managed in…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemzuclopenthixol decanoate
VICcommunity2012-04-12

Finding into death of Rajesh Pala

34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity

Rajesh Pala, a 34-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic depression, died from mixed drug toxicity…

psychiatryaddiction medicinecommunicationheroin
VIChome2025-04-01

Finding into death of Jack Elliot Atkinson

26y · Male·Drug toxicity (1,4 butanediol, gamma hydroxybutyrate, methylamphetamine, cocaine…

…novel benzodiazepines (bromazolam, flubromazepam), nordiazepam, and ketamine. He had a history of substance use disorder since age 16, successfully completed rehabilitation in May 2022, but relapsed after an overseas ho…

general practiceaddiction medicine1,4-butanediol
VIChome2017-08-16

Finding into death of CPLH

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…

general practiceemergency medicinesystemcommunicationfentanyl
SAcommunity2009-03-18

Coroner's Finding: WANGANEEN John Frederick

29y · Male·multiple drug toxicity (buprenorphine, oxazepam, diazepam, alprazolam, and methy…

John Frederick Wanganeen, a 29-year-old with documented heavy polysubstance use, died of multiple drug toxicity after injecting crushed buprenorphine tablets mixed with water whi…

toxicologyforensic medicinecommunicationsystembuprenorphine
VICcommunity2026-05-07

Finding into death of Elizabeth Susan Edwina Ferris

44y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of p…

Elizabeth Ferris, a 44-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance use disorder, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest in th…

psychiatryintensive carediagnosticcommunicationheroin
TASmental health2023-03-07

Coroner's Finding: Culic, Jana

35y · Female·neck and chest injuries and drowning due to intentional fall/jump from Tasman Br…

… June 2020 while subject to a Mental Health Act treatment order for schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. She had a long history of mental illness, polysubstance abuse, and multiple suicid…

psychiatryemergency medicinemethamphetamine

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