333 results for “treatment non-compliance”
37y · Male·Acute external and internal blood loss from single stab wound to upper left ches…
…s in Community Corrections management of both offenders' orders. MWJ failed to engage with mandated drug treatment and mental health services despite strong recommendations from ASCO for GP referral for mental health ca…
44y · Male·Strangulation
… high-risk), failure to conduct extended pre-sentence assessment despite significant criminal history, non-compliance with drug treatment not properly monitored, 11 missed supervision appointments not actioned, and criti…
31y · Male·Quetiapine toxicity in a man consuming sertraline and mirtazapine
…disorder died from quetiapine toxicity while taking sertraline and mirtazapine. He was under a Community Treatment Order and his treating team reduced his antipsychotic dose while he deteriorated between October-Novembe…
27y · Male·Cause of death cannot be determined; most likely cardiac arrhythmia in the setti…
A 27-year-old man with schizophrenia subject to a Mental Health Act Treatment Order died of unknown cause, most likely cardiac arrhythmia. He had appropriate community mental health …
52y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage
…nosed with moderate hypertension in June 2015 and commenced on Ramipril. He experienced two periods of non-compliance with medication (July-August and September-November 2015). While a non-compliance clinic was scheduled…
49y · Male·Multiple injuries from a fall from height
…e was seen by his GP and mental health crisis team, both noting deterioration, paranoid delusions, and non-compliance with Olanzapine. Despite being assessed as requiring either hospital admission or supervised community…
3y · Male·Multiple stab wounds to the back
…inflicted by his mother Katica during a first-episode psychosis. Katica had been receiving mental health treatment from NorthWestern Mental Health Service for approximately 8 weeks before the fatal incident. Critical cl…
49y · Male·Complications in Association with Advanced Gastric Malignancy
… by Royal Perth Hospital (oncology and gastroenterology) and prison medical services. Despite aggressive treatment, his cancer progressed with extensive peritoneal metastases. His compliance with treatment was inconsist…
3y · Male·fatal stab wounds to the heart inflicted by his aunt Natalia Perry during an app…
…s fatally stabbed by his aunt, Natalia Perry, a forensic patient with schizophrenia on limited community treatment (LCT), shortly after being discharged from emergency department. Perry had jumped from a ferry days earl…
68y · Female·chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
…ic imaging (CTPA), and became increasingly agitated. She was placed on a Level 1 Mental Health Inpatient Treatment Order after refusing escalation of care. Conservative management continued with palliative focus. She di…
21y · Male·Suicide by hanging
… on building 'trust' rather than risk assessment, disregarding warnings of manipulation and medication non-compliance; (3) failure to prescribe depot injections despite established history of oral medication non-complian…
23y · Male·Unable to be determined from available evidence
…ld not be determined from skeletal remains, the coroner noted his untreated mental illness, medication non-compliance, increasing paranoia, and social isolation may have contributed. No evidence of foul play was identifi…
45y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the head and left shoulder
…Clinical lessons include: importance of monitoring medication adherence in community-based antipsychotic treatment, recognising early relapse signs (behaviour change, sleep/hygiene disruption), and the critical role of …
44y · Male·neck compression consistent with hanging
Scott Alexander Robinson, a 44-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, died by hanging while on an Inpatient Treatme…
32y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia
…and a history of explosive-making offences. He was subject to concurrent bail conditions and a Community Treatment Order requiring depot risperidone injections and forensic counselling. Smith rejected his mental illness…
5y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the back
…r 2020 after developing paranoid thoughts and anxiety. Clinical review revealed suboptimal mental health treatment: inadequate face-to-face contact from 8 December onwards (mostly brief phone calls), poor mental state a…
44y · Female·multi-organ failure and polypharmaceutical overdose on a background of severe ch…
…polypharmaceutical overdose on a background of severe COPD. She had a long history of substance abuse, non-compliance with treatment, and hospital presentations with refusal of care. In the months before death, her COPD …
48y · Female·intracerebral haemorrhage on a background of anticoagulation therapy for a recen…
…, died from a spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage during hospitalization for stroke rehabilitation and treatment of schizoaffective disorder. An initial ischaemic stroke resulted from non-compliance with warfarin (req…
79y · Male·external neck compression as a result of hanging
A 79-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and a documented history of medication non-compliance died by suicide while living in rural NSW. He had been subject to a Victorian Community Treatment Orde…
45y · Female·Bronchiectasis
…otective custody. She had 15 hospital admissions in 2015 for acute exacerbations related to medication non-compliance associated with alcohol use. Police failed to identify her during the custody episode, missing a criti…
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