20 results for “schizophreniform disorder”
69y · Male·unknown
John Joseph Moran, a 69-year-old man with a history of mental health problems including schizophreniform psychosis and organic delusional disorder following a stroke, disappeared in February 2006 while in a…
21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height
A 21-year-old university student with first-episode schizophreniform disorder died from head injury sustained jumping from a 3-metre hospital courtyard wall on 1 January …
42y · Male·unascertained
…cute distress following news of his brother's death. He was assessed as having alcohol abuse, personality disorder, and chronic suicide risk. Medical staff documented that his symptoms were predominantly behavioural and …
23y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained following collision with a train
A 23-year-old man with a history of schizophreniform disorder, depression, and previous suicide attempts absconded from a mental health triage facility af…
53y · Female·self-inflicted hanging
Paula Schubert, a 53-year-old with schizophreniform psychosis, died by hanging after experiencing workplace stress and abandonment by mental health servi…
53y · Male·multiple large incised defects to the head and single stab wound to the chest
… supervised by Peninsula Health Mental Health Services. Mr A had a complex history of mental illness (schizophreniform paranoia), substance abuse, and anti-social behaviour. In the weeks before the killing, Mr X and his …
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…
26y · Male·.357 magnum gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
Luke Donaghey, a 26-year-old man with untreated psychotic illness, was shot by police after threatening his parents with a knife. Critical clinical lesson: his general practitioner failed to utilize available mental heal…
30y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination performed
… of early psychiatric follow-up and involuntary detention protocols—Habtom had been hospitalised with schizophreniform psychosis/delusional disorder in December 1994 and discharged January 1995 with documented suicidal i…
79y · Male·Head and neck injuries from blunt force trauma
…n November 2014 during a dispute over a gas hot water system. George had a long-standing diagnosis of schizophreniform disorder and paranoid schizophrenia with persistent delusions and hallucinations. Critical clinical l…
48y · Male·drowning
John Tuffy, 48, died by drowning after absconding from a mental health waiting room at Bayview House while awaiting transfer to hospital. He had returned from Ireland with acute psychosis triggered by his mother's sudden…
27y · Male·Effects of fire
…ychiatric unit where he was subject to a compulsory treatment order for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Following abscondment on 13 April 2018, he returned to Victoria but received inadequate mental health fo…
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 transferred from a locked to an open ward on 19 April 2013 after appearing to improve clinically. H…
27y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
…ck while walking along a road at 1:30am on 15 September 2016. She had longstanding borderline personality disorder (BPD) and alcohol dependency, with frequent crises involving multiple admissions to psychiatric units and…
28y · Male·neck compression subsequent upon hanging
Matthew Spalding, a 28-year-old psychiatric inpatient with borderline personality disorder and recent psychotic symptoms, died by hanging on 25 April 2009. He had been admitted to the Adult Acute …
17y · Male·cranial and facial trauma
A 17-year-old male with acute schizophrenia died from cranial and facial trauma after running off a 15.6-metre cliff during a psychotic episode. Hours before, he had been seen by a trainee psychologist who failed to reco…
Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of nec…
Five young adults died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012), all connected to Alma Street Centre mental health services at Fremantle Hospital. Four were discharged (Ruby Nicholls-Diver, Carly Elliott, M…
48y · Female·head injuries from multiple blunt force trauma including punching, elbowing and …
A 48-year-old woman, Kathy Tranter, was killed by her 20-year-old son who was an involuntary psychiatric patient at Orygen Youth Health (OYH) with acute paranoid schizophrenia. The son was granted overnight leave on 3 Ma…
20y · Male·head and neck injuries sustained when struck by train
Jordan James Williams, 20, died after being struck by a train following two absconsions from Kalgoorlie Health Campus mental health unit on 24 August 2018. He was involuntarily admitted with first-episode psychosis. Crit…
Multiple causes across 22 deaths: ligature compression of the neck (17 hangings)…
This coronial inquiry examined 22 deaths of Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia between 2000 and 2007. Seventeen were self-harm deaths, with four additional accidental deaths and one homicide. …
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