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90 results for possible psychiatric illness

VICcommunity2022-05-26

Finding into death of Christopher Polden

Sally-Anne Wills: multiple stab wounds to the chest; Christopher Polden: single …

… Ibrahim was unknown to intelligence agencies and had no criminal history, though family members reported possible untreated mental health concerns including reported auditory hallucinations and paranoid ideation followi…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
VICcommunity2022-05-26

Finding into death of Sally-Anne Wills

Unknown·Sally-Anne Wills: multiple stab wounds to the chest; Christopher Polden: single …

…e police response. However, the finding notes that Mohammed may have been suffering from an undiagnosed psychiatric illness, including possible hearing of voices and paranoia following his marital separation and loss of…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
WAmental health- 26 May 2014

Inquest into the Death of Marjorie Mary DONE

84y · Female·unascertained; possible causes include cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction…

An 84-year-old woman with a 50-year history of serious mental illness died suddenly at a psychiatric unit while under involuntary Mental Health Act status. She was found unres…

psychiatrygeriatric medicineanti-psychotic medications
SA2016-09-22

Coroner's Finding: HENEKER Scott Maxwell

36y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest occurring during restrain…

…a homeowner. The deceased had entered the homeowner's house without permission while experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms (paranoia, delusions) likely triggered by amphetamine use. He had signs of undiagnosed mental …

psychiatryemergency medicinedelaycommunicationmethamphetamine
VICcommunity2022-05-26

Finding into death of Mohammed Ismael Ibrahim

Unknown·Sally-Anne Wills: multiple stab wounds to the chest; Christopher Polden: single …

…ly and reasonable, and the shooting justified. Mohammed had prior family violence intervention orders and possible untreated mental health issues including reported auditory hallucinations following family separation. Ho…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
VICmental health2023-05-22

Finding into death of Jennifer Gebert

49y · Female·Unascertained; most likely cardiac abnormality

Jennifer Gebert, a 49-year-old with long-standing mental illness and substance use disorder, died unexpectedly in an acute psychiatric unit on 6 December 2019. She presen…

psychiatryemergency medicinealcohol
VIChome2013-10-07

Finding into death of Imanthi Mayakaduwage

17y · Female·Hanging

…t from Sri Lanka, died by suicide via hanging on 5 May 2012. She had documented evidence of significant psychiatric distress from March 2012, including self-harm, researched suicide methods, and meticulously planned her…

general practicepsychiatrydiagnosticcommunication
VICcommunity2014-12-12

Finding into death of John Raymond Gilbett

54y · Male·hanging

…mber 2011. He had chronic pain and opioid dependence managed by general practitioners, and chronic mental illness from a 2001 motor vehicle accident. His GP prescribed varenicline (Champix) for smoking cessation in Febr…

general practicepsychiatryvarenicline
VIC2026-03-05

Finding into death of Darryn Leslie Beaton

22y · Male·Unascertained

…ned, likely involving mental health decompensation, becoming lost in bushland, and death from exposure or possible suicide. This case highlights the critical importance of medication adherence in schizophrenia management…

psychiatry
WAmental health2015-11-25

Inquest into the Death of Yvonne HENDERSON

Female·Multiple injuries

…lusional disorder who died in a motor vehicle collision on 6 December 2010 while on approved leave from psychiatric hospitalisation. She was an involuntary patient in Albany Hospital's mental health unit. The coroner fo…

emergency medicinegeneral medicinesystemcommunicationrisperidone
VICcommunity2011-12-16

Finding into death of Benita Judd

57y · Female·Multiple injuries

…ultiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision caused by another driver with a history of mental illness. The coroner's investigation examined whether the driver's treating psychiatrist, Dr W., appropriately as…

psychiatry
VICcommunity2017-09-13

Finding into death of Luis Lopez

52y · Male·hanging

…ia during a phone-based assessment when Lopez failed to attend a clinic appointment. The following day, psychiatric nurses administered his depot antipsychotic injection at home; Lopez appeared calm, cooperative, and de…

psychiatryemergency medicinepaliperidone
ACThospital2026-05-12

Inquest into the death of Mr Deleman

69y · Male·peritonitis due to perforated bowel

…pital on 1 April 2024 with abdominal swelling. He was admitted to The Canberra Hospital and placed on a Psychiatric Treatment Order on 15 April 2024. Despite receiving appropriate psychiatric and medical care during his…

emergency medicinegastroenterologypaliperidone
WAcommunity2014-12-30

Inquest into the Death of Gyan Murray JEFFERY

31y · Male·Head and chest injury

…stern Highway 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 multi…

psychiatryemergency medicinemethamphetamine
WAhome2025-01-23

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Benjamin Jacob VAN TRIGT

38y · Male·electrical injury

…ion at home on 17 November 2022 while on a Community Treatment Order (CTO). He had experienced multiple psychiatric relapses requiring hospitalization, with the most recent admission ending 4 October 2022. Despite regul…

psychiatryemergency medicinepaliperidone
VIChome2010-08-23

Finding into death of PC

20y · Male·pulmonary oedema due to acute on chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin …

…coming ineffective. Key clinical failures included: absence of dual diagnosis approach to comorbid mental illness and substance abuse; inadequate psychiatric follow-up after the therapeutic relationship broke down; fail…

general practicepsychiatrydiagnosticmedicationdosulepin
WAmental health

Inquest into the Death of David GRIEVE

45y · Male·Coronary Atherosclerosis

…ctors (hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking), died of coronary atherosclerosis while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital. He presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 11 days before death with …

psychiatrycardiologysystemcommunicationhaloperidol
WAhospital2024-04-05

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Neil Lindsay KOBELT

27y · Male·unascertained

…ed from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in February 1982, shortly after discharge from hospital for acute psychiatric crisis. He had relocated to Western Australia to avoid compulsory medication in South Australia. After …

psychiatrygeneral medicinecommunicationsystem
SAcommunity2001-06-02

Coroner's Finding: MacLEOD Grant Alistair

38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck

…e head injury in childhood with confirmed organic brain damage, depressive episodes, and untreated mental illness. In the week before his death, he showed increasing evidence of psychotic illness (paranoid ideation, biz…

psychiatryforensic medicinesertraline
VICmental health2015-10-15

Finding into death of Helen Maria Bryce

54y · Female·Hanging

…ession and anxiety in early 2011. After two suicide attempts, she was admitted to Austin Health's Acute Psychiatric Unit involuntarily. After 11 days of treatment and progressive day leave, she was approved for two nigh…

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystemcitalopram

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