427 results for “schizophrenia risk”
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…
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…
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…
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…
45y · Female·Complications of acute alcohol intoxication
Ruth Janet Younger, a 45-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia subject to a Community Treatment Order, was discharged from Casey Hospital psychiatry ward on 1 June 2…
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…
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…
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…
35y · Male·Complications of morbid obesity in a man with cardiomegaly and schizophrenia
Alexander McCulloch, a 35-year-old man with schizophrenia, morbid obesity (BMI 45), and cardiomegaly, was found dead in bed. Autopsy attributed death to complic…
22y · Male·Unascertained
A 22-year-old male with schizophrenia disappeared on 28 November 1984 after ceasing prescribed medication approximately six months prior. He…
30y · Male·neck compression
Mohamed Omar, a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 25 June 2017 from neck compression while on remand. He had a h…
25y · Male·unable to determine
Tyrone Frederick MacQueen disappeared on 1 July 1994 at age 25. He had chronic schizophrenia with poor medication compliance, recent psychiatric hospitalization, expressed suicidal ideation, self…
47y · Male·presumed death, actual cause unknown
Andrew Patrick Reuben Corton, a 47-year-old man with schizophrenia and cannabis use, disappeared and is presumed deceased. He was last sighted years before being reporte…
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…
37y · Male·Combined effects of presumed heavy metal poisoning from an unknown material and …
A 37-year-old man with schizophrenia died between 14–18 August 2020 in bushland near Whiteman Creek NSW, from presumed heavy metal poisonin…
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…
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…
18y · Male·asphyxia due to hanging
An 18-year-old man with a long history of mental health difficulties including depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder died by hanging. He had made previous suicide threats and had been admitted to p…
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…
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