38 results for “suicidal ideation”
24y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest
… lessons include: Luke had documented alcohol use disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and previous suicidal ideation with self-harm scarring. He presented to hospital with suicidal ideation 9 days before death but…
62y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a fall from height
…013. He had been on remand for six months. Although Knight had no prior psychiatric history, he expressed suicidal ideation in intercepted letters (December 2012 and March 2013) and was appropriately placed under observa…
Male·Gunshot wound to chest (Aleksander Stefanovic); gunshot wound to head (AD)
…ir shared Lewisham home on 4 September 2020. AD (aged 55), with documented depression, anxiety and recent suicidal ideation, shot his flatmate Aleksander Stefanovic (aged 36, recently commenced methadone for opioid use) …
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…3-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, polysubstance dependence (amphetamines/cannabis), and chronic suicidal ideation died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had been prescribed risperidone and pro…
39y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from the Camberwell train station bridge
…e contact. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) After ED presentation on 6 February 2020 with expressed suicidal ideation, there was inadequate follow-up contact within 24 hours despite missing three appointments in fo…
58y · Male·Gunshot injury to the abdomen
David Gray, 58, deliberately induced police to shoot him as a means of suicide following undisclosed mental health deterioration. On 22 September 2023, he called police anonymously reporting an armed person, then present…
25y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
…e months preceding her death. After calling a counsellor from Rural Alive and Well reporting overdose and suicidal intent, a critical delay occurred: the police dispatch operator failed to simultaneously request an ambul…
48y · Female·multiple drug toxicity consisting of flecainide, lorazepam and diazepam
A 48-year-old woman died from multiple drug toxicity (flecainide, lorazepam, diazepam) following a deliberate overdose. She was located by police after a search and detained under the Mental Health Act. Critical delays o…
19y · Male·In keeping with hanging
… his brother's emergency call. Jet had consumed Valium and alcohol after losing money gambling, expressed suicidal intent to his brother, and disclosed overdose with intent. When paramedics assessed him, his presentation…
36y · Male·Multiple Sharp Force Injuries to Chest and Neck
… early January 2020, he presented to ED following ingestion of benzodiazepines and alcohol with ambiguous suicidal statements; he was discharged after brief assessment without formal mental health evaluation or GP notifi…
52y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
…elfare check on 21 April 2023. On the previous day, Steven presented to the emergency department in acute suicidal crisis while intoxicated, was assessed, and discharged home with community mental health follow-up arrang…
23y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained following collision with a train
…ft. Police were notified 30 minutes after absconding without critical information about his railway track ideation. The deceased died by deliberate train collision approximately 1 hour 51 minutes later. Clinical lessons …
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
A man with a long history of depression, suicide attempts, and previous violent behaviour died when shot by police during an arrest for domestic violence. His partner had repeatedly warned police that he threatened to ma…
43y · Male·exsanguination from incised wounds to the arms - self inflicted
…s limited to two brief phone calls for appointment arrangement purposes, without documented assessment of suicidal ideation, psychotic symptoms, or illicit drug use—all high-risk factors. When he missed a scheduled psych…
47y · Male·Toxic effects of phosphine gas
Jeremy Harding-Roots died from phosphine gas toxicity after deliberately exposing himself to the pesticide fumigant aluminium phosphide (Fumitoxin) during a siege at his former girlfriend's residence. Key clinical and pr…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries due to impact by train
Joy Apostolopoulos, a 41-year-old woman with schizophrenia and depression, died by suicide when struck by a train after absconding from a locked psychiatric ward at Alfred Hospital. She had been on escorted leave, became…
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
A 26-year-old Aboriginal male, Marcellus Tipiloura, died from a self-inflicted cut throat while police and emergency services were attending. He had made threats to kill himself and his wife after consuming alcohol and c…
33y · Male·sharp force injuries of the neck
Malcolm Brown, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man with a history of methamphetamine use, mental health crisis, and self-harm threats, died from sharp force injuries to his neck on 29 June 2022 following a NSW Police operation.…
39y · Male·Hanging
A 39-year-old man died by hanging on 16 February 2023 at his home in St Marys, NSW. His mother requested a police welfare check at 8:40pm after he posted a suicide note on Facebook at 2:30pm. Police attended twice (11pm …
60y · Male·medication overdose
Bruce Andrews, a 60-year-old man with major depression and anxiety, died from medication overdose following relationship breakdown and acute alcohol intoxication. He fell from his porch, called his granddaughter reportin…
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