113 results for “serious mental illness”
36y · Female·multiple stab wounds to the trunk inflicted by a known person
Chloe Heuston, aged 36, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by a known person with an untreated mental illness. The coroner found that ambiguities in the Mental Health Act 2007 regarding scheduling criteria ma…
87y · Male·multiple stab wounds to the body inflicted by a known person
Nicholas Waterlow, aged 87, was killed by multiple stab wounds inflicted by a known person with untreated mental illness. The coroner found that ambiguities in the Mental Health Act 2007 may have hindered appropriate in…
48y · Male·Injuries sustained in an explosion
…nders died from injuries sustained in explosions on his property during a police siege. Sanders had severe mental illness (Delusional Disorder/Schizophrenia), polysubstance abuse, and had rigged his house and farm buildi…
Unknown·Injuries sustained in violent attack by Antony Waterlow (stab wounds caused by k…
…ver involuntarily admitted or medicated, as clinicians felt they lacked sufficient legal grounds under the Mental Health Act to enforce treatment. The coroner found that legislative ambiguity regarding harm criteria prev…
84y · Female·unascertained; possible causes include cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction…
An 84-year-old woman with a 50-year history of serious mental illness died suddenly at a psychiatric unit while under involuntary Mental Health Act status. She …
42y · Male·Hanging (self-inflicted) while suffering from serious mental illness
… aged 42, died by hanging at Bathurst Correctional Complex (9–10 September 2009) while in custody. He had serious mental illness (psychosis, depression) requiring antipsychotic and antidepressant medication. The coroner…
70y · Male·Hanging
…s, he remained convinced his symptoms were due to hormonal deficiency rather than depression. Following a serious overdose attempt, he was admitted to psychiatry, improved during admission, and was discharged with antid…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
… long-term involuntary detention facilities for dual diagnosis patients; clinicians' interpretation of the Mental Health Act as precluding detention once acute psychotic symptoms resolved despite ongoing serious risks; d…
27y · Male·undetermined
Peter Christofidis, a 27-year-old man with a significant history of mental illness including depression and early schizophrenia, disappeared on 14 March 1983 after driving from his …
63y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to neck and chest
… fatally stabbed by Daryl Cook on 23 July 2016, one day after his release from prison. Cook suffered from serious untreated mental illness, evidenced by extensive prison records documenting paranoia, hallucinations, agg…
38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck
…ed severe head injury in childhood with confirmed organic brain damage, depressive episodes, and untreated mental illness. In the week before his death, he showed increasing evidence of psychotic illness (paranoid ideati…
26y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
…reen, a 26-year-old remand prisoner at Hakea Prison, died by hanging on 11 July 2002. He had a history of serious mental illness, including psychotic episodes with delusional beliefs, and a previous suicide attempt. Whi…
25y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
…n, aged 25, died by voluntary ingestion of mixed drugs in October 2016. She had a longstanding history of serious mental illness with multiple documented suicide attempts and police welfare checks in the months precedin…
37y · Female·Drowning
…elevated zopiclone levels. The coroner found she died by drowning with zopiclone toxicity and psychiatric illness as contributing factors. Clinically, this case highlights the importance of thorough mental health assess…
Unknown·Electrocution
…iring to both their bodies connected to a timer. The clinical lessons relate to: (1) recognising terminal illness and prognostic discussions with patients and their families; (2) understanding the psychological burden o…
50y · Female·respiratory arrest on a background of left lower lobe pneumonia in a person with…
…pulmonary hypertension, died from respiratory arrest due to left lower lobe pneumonia while detained under mental health legislation. She had been diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension in 2000, deemed unsuitable …
33y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning consistent with inhalation of car exhaust fumes
…sychiatric inpatient care. He was admitted to Lyell McEwin Health Service on 16 February 1999 following a serious overdose, diagnosed with major depressive disorder by an experienced registrar, and placed on Ward 1G. Ho…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
…morbidities including COPD, early gastric carcinoma (treated with gastrectomy), diabetes, and psychiatric illness. His complex medical and mental health needs were managed through prison medical staff and external hospi…
37y · Male·smoke inhalation
Paul Gledhill, a 37-year-old man with schizophrenia managed by community mental health services on a Community Treatment Order, died from smoke inhalation in an accidental house fire. He…
55y · Male·gastrointestinal malignancy, probably carcinoma of the pancreas
…he died from pancreatic cancer on 8 April 2009. The case illustrates challenges in managing patients with serious mental illness and terminal malignancy simultaneously. While his treating doctor anticipated death and de…
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