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24 results for psychotic disorder with persecutory delusions

NTcommunity2016-03-09

Inquest into the death of Ronald Donaldson

69y · Male·Blunt head trauma

Ronald Donaldson, a 69-year-old fencing contractor, was killed by Justin Osborne with a sledgehammer in Katherine on 3 December 2013. Osborne was experiencing untreated schizophrenia with acute…

psychiatryemergency medicinedelaymarijuana
VIChome2015-04-13

Finding into death of Athiel Deng

59y · Female·head injury

…thiel Deng, a 59-year-old Sudanese refugee, was fatally assaulted by her son Majang Ngor during an acute psychotic episode induced by cannabis and methamphetamine use. Ngor had a documented first psychotic episode in Fe…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemdelaycannabis
NTmental health2019-09-27

Inquest into the death of Jordan Allen

34y · Male·self-inflicted hanging

…after absconding from Alice Springs Mental Health Unit during supervised cigarette leave. He was acutely psychotic with persecutory delusions related to methamphetamine use and prescribed dexamphetamine overuse. Critica…

psychiatryemergency medicineclinicalcommunicationdexamphetamine sulfate
VICcommunity2022-08-01

Finding into death of X Y

53y · Male·Multiple gunshot injuries

53-year-old man with longstanding unresolved childhood trauma, affected by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, developed acute paran…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystem
VIChome2024-03-07

Finding into death of Claire Louise Carroll

45y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging

Claire Louise Carroll, 45, died by hanging while experiencing severe untreated psychotic symptoms including auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and persecutory ideation. She had comple…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemcommunicationclonazepam
VICcommunity2014-09-01

Finding into death of Kirstan McRae-Jansen

31y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia

Kirstan McRae-Jansen, a 31-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse, died by plastic bag asphyxia u…

psychiatryolanzapine
WAhospital2005-02-04

Inquest into the Death of Alexander Albert Steinbrenner

36y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from intentional jump from cliff top

Alexander Albert Steinbrenner, a 36-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, died from multiple injuries sustained when he jumped from an 11-metre cliff at t…

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VICaged care2025-09-10

Finding into death of IWT

77y · Female·Complications of malnutrition in a woman with paranoid delusions

A 77-year-old woman with complex medical and psychiatric history died from complications of malnutrition while an inpatient with par…

psychiatrygeriatric medicineolanzapine
NSWcommunity2020-06-10

Inquest into the death of Christopher McGRAIL

44y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the trunk and right thigh with subsequent blood loss

Christopher McGrail, a 44-year-old man with a history of substance abuse, depression, and trauma following his son's suicide, was shot by NSW Police du…

emergency medicinepsychiatrymethamphetamine
WAcommunity2020-02-03

Inquest into the Death of Jose DA SILVA

34y · Male·unascertained; most likely immersion after swimming at City Beach

Jose da Silva, a 34-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia and problematic alcohol use, disappeared on 30 April 2017 from Perth, Western Au…

psychiatrygeneral practiceolanzapine
VIC2013-12-06

Finding into death of Merrilyn Elaine Ireland

41y · Female·undetermined in a woman with schizophrenia

Merrilyn Ireland, a 41-year-old woman with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, died unexpectedly in a community care facility while on a Commu…

psychiatryforensic medicine
TAScommunity2025-06-30

Coroner's Finding: de-identified XA

41y · Male·head and chest injuries from fall from height

A 41-year-old man with schizophrenia died by suicide, jumping from the Tasman Bridge on Christmas Eve 2022. He had a 15-year histo…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdelaypaliperidone
NThome2013-10-15

Inquest into the death of Gwyyneth Cassiopeia-Roennfeldt

36y · Female·Internal injuries consequent on being stabbed repeatedly by Rocky Manu, a man wi…

Jasmine Roennfeldt, a 36-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder being treated at a community mental health clinic, died from stab wounds inflicted…

psychiatrysystemcommunicationantipsychotic medication
NSWhome2024-04-05

Inquest into the death of Todd McKenzie

40y · Male·gunshot wounds

Todd McKenzie, a 40-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died of gunshot wounds after a nine-hour police siege at his Taree home …

psychiatryforensic medicinediagnosticcommunication
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 transferr…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationdexamphetamine sulphate
WAmental health2015-11-25

Inquest into the Death of Yvonne HENDERSON

Female·Multiple injuries

Yvonne Henderson was a middle-aged woman with chronic delusional disorder who died in a motor vehicle collision on 6 December 2010 while on approved leav…

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SAmental health2025-04-17

Coroner's Finding: Furlan, Mark John & Miller, Richard John

50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…

…t treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found he should have been under continuous rather than cl…

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QLDrural property, community2025-11-21

Inquest into the deaths of Matthew Joseph Arnold; Rachel Clare McCrow; Alan Thomas Brendan Dare; Gareth Daniel Train; Nathaniel…

Constable Arnold: single gunshot wound to the chest. Constable McCrow: gunshot w…

…Gareth, Stacey, and Nathaniel Train) died on 12 December 2022. The Trains suffered from shared delusional disorder characterised by persecutory beliefs, anti-government views, and end-times religious ideology. Four const…

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SA2017-06-28

Coroner's Finding: MCCONNAL Brenton Winton

47y · Male·gunshot wound of the head (self-inflicted)

A 47-year-old man with delusional disorder was discharged from mental health detention with a firearm prohibition order. He attend…

psychiatryforensic medicinesystemcommunicationpaliperidone
NTcommunity2011-10-11

Inquest into the death of Aaron Nathan Stagg

28y · Male·hanging

Aaron Nathan Stagg, 28-year-old man with likely Asperger's Syndrome and emerging paranoid psychosis, died by hanging on 5 March 2010 after a period …

psychiatrypsychologysystemrisperidone

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