52 results for “severe alcohol dependence”
30y · Male·acute alcohol (ethanol) toxicity
A 30-year-old male with severe alcohol dependence died from acute ethanol toxicity after a prolonged drinking episode. Despite engagement…
43y · Male·Incised right radial artery
Bradley Scott, a 43-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence and hepatic cirrhosis, died from exsanguination following an incised right radial artery. Afte…
36y · Male·hanging, with contributing factors of alcohol dependence and depression
…ed 36, died by hanging on 14-15 June 2021 after a long history of bipolar disorder, major depression, and alcohol dependence. He was discharged from Northside Mental Health Unit on 9 June 2021 following admission for ov…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
DA was a 38-year-old man who died from mixed drug toxicity involving sedating medications and alcohol. He had longstanding severe anxiety and became dependent on codeine and benzodiazepines, initially obtain…
Female·hanging (suicide)
Ms G, a woman in her forties with bipolar II disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and severe alcohol dependence, died by suicide in November 2014. She had been admitted to hospital six times for deto…
48y · Male·Cardiomegaly and fatty liver in a man with alcohol intoxication
Steven Karastavrou, a 48-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, poly-substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines), hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes, died suddenly at home from cardio…
54y · Male·drowning
A 54-year-old man with chronic alcoholism drowned after driving his car into the sea at a boat ramp while extremely intoxicated. After spending …
36y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
A 36-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol dependence died by suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic following job loss. He presented to a psychothera…
54y · Male·carbon monoxide asphyxia
Dallas Brooks Shrimpton, a 54-year-old man with severe alcohol dependence, chronic depression, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by carbon monoxide as…
57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…
… died from acute subdural haematoma (brain bleeding). He was found unresponsive after an evening of heavy alcohol consumption with his housemate Lawrence Kean, who punched him during an altercation over music volume. Ke…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
…scription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapine) in a suicide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, complicated by alcohol/drug dependence and mul…
22y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
Christopher Ritson, a 22-year-old with severe alcohol and polysubstance dependence (ICE, cannabis), depression, anxiety and social phobia, died by suici…
47y · Male·Hanging
A 47-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and alcohol dependence died by hanging at a rooming house. He had been non-compliant with antipsychotic medications f…
51y · Male·Complications of chronic ethanol use
EH was a 51-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence, liver cirrhosis, and recent hip fracture complications who died at home on 1 November 2022 wh…
41y · Male·complications of acute alcohol intoxication
Anthony Gilbert, a 41-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence and depression, died from complications of acute alcohol intoxication after police returned hi…
36y · Female·combined effects of baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury
…combined baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury sustained during falls while acutely intoxicated. She had severe alcohol dependence treated with off-label baclofen prescribed by her GP. On 26 December 2015, after spendi…
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in helicopter crash
…pilot spatial disorientation caused by loss of visual reference in darkness. Contributing factors included severe weather with strong turbulence and reduced visibility, inadequate planning, and the pilot's failure to div…
48y · Male·gunshot wounds to the right thigh and abdomen with fatal hemorrhage
A 48-year-old man with severe chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and mental health issues called police stating he was armed with knives …
50y · Female·mixed tablet overdosage (quetiapine and venlafaxine with codeine)
…oss services, delayed specialist psychiatric referral despite clear indications, inadequate monitoring of alcohol misuse (which significantly complicated her condition), and insufficient early engagement with cognitive-…
62y · Male·not stated - body never found
KL, a 62-year-old journalist with a long history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder, was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital's psychiatric units (PECC and Caritas) in June 2020 f…
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