Coronial

4 results for sleep-walking disorder

VIChome2011-05-20

Finding into death of Alan Bishop

66y · Male·Injuries sustained in fall from height

…o evidence that Duodopa caused or contributed to death. However, the possibility that REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder associated with his Parkinson's disease may have contributed remains open. Clinically, this case highligh…

neurologygeneral practiceduodopa
TAScommunity2025-07-04

Coroner's Finding: de-identified KT

26y · Male·multiple injuries, primarily severe chest trauma, due to jumping from the Tasman…

…enia died by suicide jumping from the Tasman Bridge. He had been diagnosed with ADHD, generalised anxiety disorder, and sleep-wake disorder in 2021, with subsequent psychotic episodes in late 2022 and March 2023 leading …

psychiatryemergency medicinepaliperidone
TAShome2020-11-09

Coroner's Finding: Spencer, Melissa Mary

54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity

A 54-year-old nurse with chronic pain from a 1990 back injury died from mixed drug toxicity involving morphine, codeine, doxylamine and nitrazepam. She was prescribed multiple CNS depressants for years despite being desi…

general practicepain medicinemedicationsystemmorphine
VIChome2014-12-10

Finding into death of Phoebe Handsjuk

24y · Female·Exsanguination from injuries sustained while attempting to climb from a height i…

…0. The coroner found she entered a garbage chute on the 12th floor while in a zolpidem/alcohol-induced sleep-walking-like state or deeply confused state, without conscious awareness of the dangers. She sustained injurie…

psychiatrypsychologycommunicationsystemzolpidem

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