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22 results for psychosis schizophreniform

WAcommunity2014-11-07

Inquest into the Suspected Death of John Joseph Moran

69y · Male·unknown

John Joseph Moran, a 69-year-old man with a history of mental health problems including schizophreniform psychosis and organic delusional disorder following a stroke, disappeared in February 2006 while in a…

psychiatryneurology
NSWcommunity2017-06-09

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Katherine ACKLING-BRYEN

37y · Female·open finding - undetermined

Katherine Ackling-Bryen disappeared on 19 February 2016 and is presumed dead. She had a history of schizophreniform psychosis with a 2013 hospitalisation during which she expressed suicidal ideation. Post-discharge, s…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemcommunicationanti-psychotic medication
VICmental health2012-04-03

Finding into death of Miles David Colman

21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height

A 21-year-old university student with first-episode schizophreniform disorder died from head injury sustained jumping from a 3-metre hospital courtyard wall on 1 January …

psychiatryintensive carerisperidone
NThome2018-07-25

Inquest into the death of Paula Schubert

53y · Female·self-inflicted hanging

Paula Schubert, a 53-year-old with schizophreniform psychosis, died by hanging after experiencing workplace stress and abandonment by mental health servi…

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystemrisperidone
WAcommunity2016-09-13

Inquest into the Death of Anthony Charles EURA

42y · Male·unascertained

Anthony Charles Eura, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month befo…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemdiagnosticfluphenazine
WA2023-08-23

Inquest into the Deaths of Adell Sherylee PARTRIDGE and Veronica Philomena LOCKYER

Female·unascertained

Two Indigenous women from the Pilbara disappeared in late 1998 without trace: Veronica Lockyer (33 years old) and her infant daughter Adell Partridge (7 months old). Veronica was last seen at a Centrelink office in South…

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VIChome2010-08-13

Finding into death of Mr X

53y · Male·multiple large incised defects to the head and single stab wound to the chest

… supervised by Peninsula Health Mental Health Services. Mr A had a complex history of mental illness (schizophreniform paranoia), substance abuse, and anti-social behaviour. In the weeks before the killing, Mr X and his …

psychiatryaddiction medicinesystemcommunicationdiazepam
WAmental health2001-02-02

Inquest into the Death of Giovanni Mario Franco

30y · Male·Acute Cardiac Dysrhythmia of Uncertain Aetiology

Giovanni Mario Franco, a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia, died on 10 March 1998 at Graylands Hospital from acute cardiac dysrhythmia of uncertain aetiology. During his final admission in February 1998, he developed se…

psychiatryintensive caremedicationflupenthixol decanoate
SAhome2000-09-15

Coroner's Finding: DONAGHEY Luke Francis

26y · Male·.357 magnum gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen

…general practitioner failed to utilize available mental health services despite clear evidence of florid psychosis. The GP refused detention under the Mental Health Act, believing the patient would deny symptoms to othe…

general practicepsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationhaloperidol
NSWcommunity2025-08-22

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Habtom Ghilagaber

30y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination performed

… of early psychiatric follow-up and involuntary detention protocols—Habtom had been hospitalised with schizophreniform psychosis/delusional disorder in December 1994 and discharged January 1995 with documented suicidal i…

psychiatrypsychologysystemcommunicationantipsychotic medication
NSWmental health2019-12-04

Inquest into the death of Mitchell FLOOD-SMITH

23y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained following collision with a train

A 23-year-old man with a history of schizophreniform disorder, depression, and previous suicide attempts absconded from a mental health triage facility af…

psychiatryparamedicinecommunicationsystemrisperidone
VICmental health2012-01-31

Finding into death of John Bernard Tuffy

48y · Male·drowning

…iting room at Bayview House while awaiting transfer to hospital. He had returned from Ireland with acute psychosis triggered by his mother's sudden death, a distressing plane incident, and sleep deprivation. Despite rec…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemtemazepam
WAmental health2016-03-02

Inquest into the Death of Mark Warton BENNETT-ROBERTSON

25y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

A 25-year-old man with dexamphetamine-induced psychosis died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric patient. He was transferred from a locked to an open wa…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationdexamphetamine sulphate
SAcommunity2002-06-19

Coroner's Finding: HEATLEY Alan Forsyth

17y · Male·cranial and facial trauma

…es significant gaps between psychology and psychiatry liaison and the dangers of under-recognizing acute psychosis in young people.

psychologypsychiatrydiagnosticcommunication
WAmental health- 11 April 2014

Inquest into the Death of Robert Kenneth SCOTT

28y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)

Robert Kenneth Scott, a 28-year-old man with schizophrenia, died by hanging on 22 May 2008 after absconding from Graylands Hospital where he was an involuntary patient. He was last seen at 4:30pm on an open ward with 60-…

psychiatrydelayclozapine
WAmental health2022-02-25

Inquest into the Death of Jordan James WILLIAMS

20y · Male·head and neck injuries sustained when struck by train

…lie Health Campus mental health unit on 24 August 2018. He was involuntarily admitted with first-episode psychosis. Critical failures in supervision occurred: after his first escape, he was not confined to his room desp…

psychiatryemergency medicinesupervisioncommunicationolanzapine
VIChome2021-08-31

Finding into death of Brendon Crippen

27y · Male·Effects of fire

Brendon Crippen, 27, died from severe burns sustained in a deliberately set fire at his family's property. He had recently absconded from a Tasmanian psychiatric unit where he was subject to a compulsory treatment order …

psychiatrycommunicationsystem
VIChome2014

Finding into death of Kathy Louise Tranter

48y · Female·head injuries from multiple blunt force trauma including punching, elbowing and …

A 48-year-old woman, Kathy Tranter, was killed by her 20-year-old son who was an involuntary psychiatric patient at Orygen Youth Health (OYH) with acute paranoid schizophrenia. The son was granted overnight leave on 3 Ma…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationrisperidone
VICcommunity2019-04-16

Finding into death of Sophie Margery Nicholas

27y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)

Sophie Nicholas, aged 27, died by suicide after being struck by a truck while walking along a road at 1:30am on 15 September 2016. She had longstanding borderline personality disorder (BPD) and alcohol dependency, with f…

psychiatryaddiction medicinecommunicationsystemalcohol
WAmental health2015-12-31

Inquest into the Death of Michael Ronald THOMAS

Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of nec…

Five young adults died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012), all connected to Alma Street Centre mental health services at Fremantle Hospital. Four were discharged (Ruby Nicholls-Diver, Carly Elliott, M…

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