402 results for “suicide risk high”
32y · Male·hanging
A 32-year-old man with bipolar disorder and recent suicide attempt died by hanging in a closed psychiatric ward. He was admitted following overdose and suicidal ide…
75y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 75-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, detained under the Mental Health Act in a high-dependency psychiatric unit, died by hanging in his ensuite bathroom. He had been admitted after allegedly …
37y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon hanging
…Mother and Baby Unit on 7 December 2007. She had severe recurrent postpartum depression and had attempted suicide two weeks prior (overdose). Despite being assessed as high-risk on 4 December and placed on hourly observ…
21y · Male·hanging
…lence perpetration with a protection order breached three times in the preceding months. Despite identified high-risk factors for suicide (young male in post-separation period, substance use, relationship distress, possi…
31y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… man with depression, suicidal ideation, and recent HIV diagnosis presented to emergency department after suicide attempt (carbon monoxide inhalation and diazepam overdose). Despite psychiatrists identifying him as extr…
Male·Self-inflicted hanging
… died by hanging in prison while on remand for sexual offences. Initial assessment identified significant suicide risk, but this was reversed by the High Risk Assessment Team after only 5-6 minutes consideration, result…
75y · Male·Hanging
Peter Nolan, a 75-year-old man with depression, chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and recent suicide attempts, died by hanging in an aged psychiatric mental health unit. He was admitted to Broadmeadows Aged…
54y · Male·Unknown - death established on balance of probabilities but manner and cause und…
…ality, and alcohol abuse was discharged from psychiatric hospital on 23 April 2014 while remaining at "very high chronic suicide risk." He had multiple prior suicide attempts and severe family conflict. Despite psychiatr…
19y · Male·Hanging
Kyle Horne, a 19-year-old with high-functioning autism, died by hanging on 15 March 2018 following relationship breakdown. He presented to his …
54y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in fall from height
Ms Deborah Lee Humm, 54, died by suicide on 14 May 2013 after jumping from a fourth-floor balcony at a Cairns hotel. She was highly intoxicated (B…
26y · Male·multiple injuries
…l consumption. Social worker Manfred Rapp conducted a 15-minute assessment, found Carl not psychotic, low suicide risk, and arranged return to the Community Care Unit via taxi. Carl left the ED without taking the taxi a…
37y · Male·Toxic effects of heroin in combination with mirtazapine and sertraline
…2008. He was prescribed psychotropic medications and benzodiazepines by his GP despite being a documented suicide risk. Large quantities of medications were dispensed by multiple pharmacies over several months without a…
65y · Male·Hanging
…zon, a 65-year-old man with psychotic depression admitted to Peter James Centre psychiatric ward, died by suicide via hanging. He had been assessed as high-risk and was on 15-minute observations as ordered by his psychi…
18y · Female·Multiple injuries due to impact by train
KJ was an 18-year-old girl who died by suicide by train on 30 November 2012, six months after a suicide attempt. She had a complex trauma history, inclu…
33y · Unknown·neck compression secondary to hanging
…d by hanging while remanded in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 2 September 2023. They had a chronic high risk of suicide with multiple prior attempts. At the time of death, they were on a S4 suicide risk rating a…
28y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Alen Deniro died by suicide on 5 May 2011 after learning of his de facto partner's death from terminal lung cancer. Psychiatrists app…
24y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle collision with retaining wall
Jacob Kelly, a 24-year-old man, died by suicide when he intentionally drove a vehicle at high speed into a retaining wall at the intersection of Mount Ai…
28y · Male·Overdose of Clozapine
…ance abuse history died from clozapine overdose. Key clinical failures included: inadequate assessment of suicide risk when prescribing one month's supply to a patient presenting sedated and under substance influence wi…
19y · Female·The available evidence does not allow for a finding as to the cause of death
…rred for urgent psychiatric admission following concerning disclosures of suicidal ideation, knowledge of suicide methods, and increasing depression after a relationship ended. Medical staff documented her as a real sui…
29y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…d by hanging in Mobilong Prison on 29 April 2015. He had a documented history of mental illness, previous suicide attempts, substance abuse (methamphetamine, heroin, alcohol), and was assessed as high-risk upon remand. …
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