51 results for “substance use disorder (polysubstance abuse)”
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine (Xanax)…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity
…is Drleski, a 45-year-old with treatment-resistant chronic paranoid schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, and polysubstance use disorder, died from bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity. He was managed in…
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 27-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder died from mixed drug t…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…cribed high-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol …
25y · Female·injuries sustained by jumping from the Tasman Bridge
A 25-year-old woman with longstanding borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidal ideation, and substance abuse died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge on 4 January 1996.…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
SK, a 25-year-old man with ADHD, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, depression and anxiety, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while handling an unregistered re…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
…orphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disorder, treated with benzodiazepines and antidepressants by multiple clinicians. Des…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance…
47y · Male·combined acute effects of multiple drugs in obese man with enlarged heart and ar…
Nicholas Cripps, a 47-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, died from combined acute effects of multiple drugs (m…
Female·Hanging
The deceased was a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behaviour. She received…
24y · Male·mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity
…nd prescription drug toxicity following an impulsive overdose. He had longstanding borderline personality disorder, polysubstance dependence, chronic suicidal ideation, and was under psychiatric care. After a relationshi…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
…homas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted Drug an…
35y · Female·neck and chest injuries and drowning due to intentional fall/jump from Tasman Br…
… June 2020 while subject to a Mental Health Act treatment order for schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. She had a long history of mental illness, polysubstance abuse, and multiple suicid…
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
Rajesh Pala, a 34-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic depression, died from mixed drug toxicity f…
34y · Male·Stab wound to the chest
…he context of a turbulent relationship characterised by mutual physical violence, recent separation, and substance abuse (methylamphetamine use by both parties). The partner had escalating mental health concerns with pa…
20y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, cocaine, etizolam, diazepam, nordiazepam and oxyco…
Ryan Chisholm, a 20-year-old with a history of substance abuse and mental health concerns including anxiety and depression, died from mixed drug toxicity after c…
18y · Female·Multidrug toxicity (GHB, amphetamines, benzodiazepines)
…ischarged early from a residential rehabilitation program. She had complex trauma history, PTSD, and polysubstance abuse. Following early discharge from the Gippsland Youth Residential Rehabilitation Program on 15 Febru…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…t Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, methadone, diazepam and risperidone)
Cassilla Ellen Dooley, a 34-year-old woman with chronic mental illness and substance dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving ethanol, methadone, diazepam, and risperidone at a s…
27y · Male·Dextromethorphan toxicity
Mr ZJF, a 27-year-old man with a longstanding history of schizophrenia, polysubstance use disorder, and depression, died from dextromethorphan toxicity. He was subject to a Community Treatme…
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