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9 results for schizophreniform psychotic disorder

VICmental health2012-04-03

Finding into death of Miles David Colman

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 …

psychiatryintensive carerisperidone
VIChome2010-08-13

Finding into death of Mr X

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 …

psychiatryaddiction medicinesystemcommunicationdiazepam
WA2023-08-23

Inquest into the Deaths of Adell Sherylee PARTRIDGE and Veronica Philomena LOCKYER

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…

communicationsystem
SAhome2000-09-15

Coroner's Finding: DONAGHEY Luke Francis

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 ge…

general practicepsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationhaloperidol
NSWcommunity2025-08-22

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Habtom Ghilagaber

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…

psychiatrypsychologysystemcommunicationantipsychotic medication
SAcommunity2002-06-19

Coroner's Finding: HEATLEY Alan Forsyth

17y · Male·cranial and facial trauma

…th 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 recognize clear psychoti…

psychologypsychiatrydiagnosticcommunication
VICmental health2012-03-13

Finding into death of Matthew Spalding

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 …

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemaripiprazole
WAmental health2016-03-02

Inquest into the Death of Mark Warton BENNETT-ROBERTSON

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…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationdexamphetamine sulphate
WAmental health2022-02-25

Inquest into the Death of Jordan James WILLIAMS

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…

psychiatryemergency medicinesupervisioncommunicationolanzapine

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