365 results for “schizophrenia”
63y · Female·sepsis and pneumonia due to immobility with sacral ulcer resulting from schizoph…
…sis and pneumonia secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer in the context of treatment-resistant catatonic schizophrenia. She was admitted to Launceston General Hospital in February 2019 with fever and catatonia. Despite ap…
42y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy; cardiac arrest; cardiomegaly
A 42-year-old man with schizophrenia died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at a mental hea…
57y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with chronic schizophrenia
Jon Lewis, a 57-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy, died from acute myocardial infar…
37y · Male·water intoxication and olanzapine toxicity in association with schizophrenia
A 37-year-old Aboriginal male prisoner with a long history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia died at the Darwin Correctional Precinct. He was on high-dose olanzapine (15mg twice daily) and zuclop…
34y · Male·multiple injuries
Paul Dickson, a 34-year-old man with severe paranoid schizophrenia managed on a Community Treatment Order, died by suicide on 11 November 2013 after stepping in front of…
83y · Female·right middle cerebral artery infarct/stroke
Mrs Arsho Balian, an 83-year-old woman with dementia, schizophrenia, diabetes and recurrent UTIs, suffered a right middle cerebral artery stroke while resident in aged ca…
22y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 22-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by hanging while under guardianship with special powers of detention in supported independent liv…
76y · Female·infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory …
…cytial Virus. She presented with multifactorial respiratory distress complicated by advanced dementia, schizophrenia, and behavioural disturbance. She was placed on an Inpatient Treatment Order due to risk to self and o…
60y · Male·Hypertrophy of the heart
A 60-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia and severe emphysema died at a mental health facility from cardiac hypertrophy (heart weight 730g, nor…
42y · Male·Upper airway obstruction (choking) in an obese man with atherosclerotic heart di…
Andre Walter Bond, a 42-year-old man with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, Asperger's syndrome, and severe obesity, died from upper airway obstruction…
Unknown·Deaths from injuries sustained in a mass stabbing attack
…ck at Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April 2024. The perpetrator, Joel Cauchi, had treatment-resistant schizophrenia and had ceased antipsychotic medication. Key clinical findings identified serious deficiencies in psyc…
47y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis
Fatima Lay, a 47-year-old woman with schizophrenia and developmental disability living in supported residential accommodation, died from pulmonary thromb…
39y · Male·cardiomegaly
…cardiomegaly while detained under the Mental Health Act at Lyell McEwin Health Service. He had chronic schizophrenia managed with antipsychotics and was morbidly obese (BMI 46). His death was unexpected as he had no pri…
60y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
A 60-year-old man with schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, previous myocardial infarction and stenting died of acute ischaemic heart di…
88y · Male·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive airways …
An 88-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic schizophrenia died of bilateral acute bronchopneumonia while subject to a Mental Health Act detention order at a tea…
47y · Male·ischaemic heart disease with seizure disorder and schizophrenia being other sign…
…ant coronary artery narrowing (60-80%) identified at autopsy. He had a 42-year history of epilepsy and schizophrenia with frequent medication non-compliance due to delusional beliefs that his anti-epileptic medication c…
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia and end stage renal failure due to obstructive uropathy and…
Frederick Rocky Bowden, a 59-year-old man with schizophrenia managed with clozapine, died of aspiration pneumonia and end-stage renal failure secondary to benign p…
37y · Male·Self-inflicted stab wounds to the abdomen
Phillip Bruce Partridge, a 37-year-old man with schizophrenia who had ceased antipsychotic medication, died from self-inflicted stab wounds to the abdomen during a …
41y · Male·unknown
Dean Anthony Pollard was a 41-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder who disappeared in May-June 2010 and is presumed dead. He h…
28y · Female·Effects of fire
Ya Zhao, 28, died from effects of fire in her residential unit on 22 July 2022. She had schizophrenia with a history of mental health crises, depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation. She was living in…
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