66 results for “psychotic features”
59y · Male·hanging
A 59-year-old man with major depression and psychotic features was lawfully detained under an inpatient treatment order at Noarlunga Hospital's Morier Ward. H…
3y · Male·smothering
…ld boy died from smothering by his mother, who was suffering from severe bipolar affective disorder with psychotic features and severe depression. The coroner examined whether psychiatric care was inadequate. The child'…
34y · Male·unascertained (suspected suicide, but body not located so no post-mortem examina…
Simon Harrington, a 34-year-old man with depression and psychotic features, disappeared on 10 January 2011 after starting a new job that triggered anxiety. He had previou…
33y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (propranolol, oxycodone, diazepam, temazepam, lurasidone, du…
…ollowing her daughter Lily's death in July 2021, which occurred during severe postpartum depression with psychotic features. Although Ms Arbuckle showed significant recovery and positive life progress in the 12 months b…
86y · Male·pulmonary embolism following deep vein thrombosis
…spital on 26 May 2020. He was admitted under a Mental Health Act assessment order following a relapse of psychotic depression at his aged care facility. Clinical examination found no acute cause for his mental deteriora…
70y · Female·Asphyxia due to airway obstruction
…y obstruction while an inpatient in a mental health unit. She was admitted with first-episode mania with psychotic features, triggered by financial scam victimization. Despite appropriate psychiatric management with ant…
85y · Male·hospital acquired pneumonia on a background of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
…tal-acquired pneumonia on a background of metastatic colorectal cancer. He was admitted to hospital with psychotic depression, suicidal ideation, and severe malnutrition after two years of depression. A CT scan revealed…
28y · Female·multiple injuries from deliberate fall from pedestrian bridge onto Mitchell Free…
…spital at the time, admitted on 3 December 2009 following a relapse triggered by non-compliance with antipsychotic medication. After initial stabilisation on a secure ward with 30-minute observations, she progressed to …
53y · Male·asphyxia due to upper airway occlusion by a foreign body (blanket)
… He was detained under the Mental Health Act and being actively treated with appropriate medications for psychotic and mood disorders. Clinical staff were aware of his suicidal ideation and self-harm history, with multi…
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…
31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life
Maria Rebekah Wright, a 31-year-old woman with severe borderline personality disorder and chronic suicidality, died by drowning at Howrah Beach, Tasmania on 14 August 2017. She had been discharged from Royal Hobart Hospi…
59y · Male·head injuries
…facility in April 2021. He developed sudden onset severe mental illness (anxiety disorder with depressive features, with possible psychotic depression) triggered by debilitating vestibular symptoms. Despite rapid clinica…
15y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
…o-severe depressive symptoms. Despite evidence of clinical deterioration, risk escalation, and concerning features (possible psychosis, dissociation), Hotich assessed risk as low and did not consult psychiatry colleagues…
57y · Male·Hanging
…tre in January 2018. Although he had been psychiatrically assessed as experiencing major depression with psychotic features and was recommended by a psychiatrist for placement in a two-occupant cell as suicide risk miti…
62y · Male·Mr Evans: self-inflicted gunshot wound to head and asphyxiation by hanging. Mrs …
…chosis manifesting as delusions about chemical infestation of their home. The coroner found Mr Evans was psychotic at the time of death. From May 2013, Mr Evans presented repeatedly to general practitioners with escalat…
42y · Female·salt water drowning
… from Woodleigh House psychiatric unit on 3 September 1997. She had presented with major depression with psychotic features following a recent suicide attempt, and was appropriately detained under the Mental Health Act.…
71y · Male·Saddle pulmonary embolus as a consequence of deep venous thrombosis in the right…
…mitted to Glenside Hospital on 14 July 2000 under Mental Health Act detention for severe depression with psychotic features. On 28 July 2000, he was transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital where right calf DVT was identi…
33y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest and upper arm
A 33-year-old man with bipolar disorder on reducing doses of risperidone experienced a psychotic relapse and stabbed a stranger at a railway station. He then entered a police station with a knife, adva…
43y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
…4 November and urgently recommended hospital admission, stating she had major depression with melancholic features, possible psychotic symptoms, and elevated self-harm risk. However, the acute crisis intervention service…
62y · Female·multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the neck, thorax and abdomen
Rita Sally Greer, aged 62, died from multiple self-inflicted stab wounds while experiencing a severe psychotic episode. She had schizophrenia with documented poor medication compliance since 1990. On 10 September 20…
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