665 results for “schizophrenia”
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 Community Trea…
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…
71y · Male·Sudden death in a man with chronic aspiration pneumonia, COVID-19 infection, sch…
Gary Kennedy, a 71-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and seizure disorder living in a disability care facility, died from sudden death associated with chr…
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…
27y · Male·Cause of death cannot be determined; most likely cardiac arrhythmia in the setti…
A 27-year-old man with schizophrenia subject to a Mental Health Act Treatment Order died of unknown cause, most likely cardiac arrhythmia. …
60y · Male·end stage refractory chronic congestive cardiac failure on a background of chron…
A 60-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, end-stage cardiac failure, renal failure, and dementia died of refractory congestive heart failure wh…
78y · Female·aspiration on a background of psychogenic dysphagia, intellectual impairment and…
…8, died from aspiration on a background of psychogenic dysphagia, intellectual impairment, and chronic schizophrenia. She had experienced a swallowing phobia that recurred in September 2014, leading to dehydration and a…
22y · Male·Unascertained
A 22-year-old male with schizophrenia disappeared on 28 November 1984 after ceasing prescribed medication approximately six months prior. He…
64y · Female·unascertained
Jeanette Bramley, a 64-year-old woman with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died suddenly on 26 February 2010 while residing at Moira Shire Lodge, an aged care facility in rural…
42y · Male·Drowning following chest injuries sustained from jumping from the Tasman Bridge
A 42-year-old man with long-standing, well-managed paranoid schizophrenia died by suicide from the Tasman Bridge. He had been compliant with clozapine therapy for over 20 years…
39y · Male·clozapine toxicity
Roland Ashbolt, a 39-year-old man remanded in custody with schizophrenia, died from clozapine toxicity. He had been prescribed clozapine (400mg daily) from January 2022 with g…
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…
42y · Male·Sudden cardiac death in the context of schizophrenia
Anthony Graham Greig Faulkner, a 42-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia (formerly diagnosed as bipolar disorder), died suddenly on 23 September 2013 while an involuntary psyc…
38y · Male·terminal respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive lung disease on a backgr…
Victor James Storrie, a 38-year-old man with severe chronic schizophrenia, chronic obstructive lung disease, and ischaemic heart disease, died from terminal respiratory failure…
32y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
…her death was preventable from a mental health perspective. Mr Ellard had treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia and was under voluntary mental health treatment at Bendigo Health. The coroner found that mental healt…
51y · Male·Stab wound to the heart
… during an unprovoked attack at a bus stop in December 2015. Cahill suffers severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia and was found not guilty by reason of mental illness. The inquest examined whether his community menta…
50y · Male·coronary artery atherosclerosis causing sudden fatal cardiac arrhythmia
Ejub Mehinovic, a 50-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia managed on clozapine, died from coronary artery atherosclerosis causing sudden fatal cardiac arrhythmi…
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