10 results for “treatment-resistant bipolar disorder”
58y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia caused by a combination of pre-existing myocarditis and the a…
Melinda Miller, aged 58, died unexpectedly at home on 21-22 August 2013 while receiving treatment-resistant bipolar disorder management with clozapine and olanzapine. Her death was investigated thoroughly fo…
62y · Male·Cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
Gerard Helliar, a 62-year-old man with severe bipolar affective disorder, died from hanging in Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 16 November 2012 after an…
45y · Female·Hanging
A 45-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder, borderline personality disorder, anorexia nervosa and depression died by hanging. She…
55y · Male·Immersion (Drowning) arising by way of suicide
Peter Daniel Mahoney, a 55-year-old man with treatment-resistant bipolar affective disorder, died by drowning on 13 June 2003 after absconding from Joondalup Health…
69y · Male·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
…oronary artery atherosclerosis at Broome Hospital. He was an involuntary mental health patient with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder and significant medical comorbidities including diabetes, renal dysfunction, and P…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
…y (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapine) in a suicide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, complicated by alcohol/drug dependence and multiple physical comorb…
46y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
46-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and chronic suicidal ideation died from mixed drug toxicity involving clozapine (prescribed to h…
41y · Male·head and chest injuries from fall from height
…ver, without statutory powers to force compliance or involuntary detention, preventing suicide in a treatment-resistant patient with established suicidal intent proved impossible. Mental health services faced fundamenta…
49y · Female·Motor vehicle accident related multi trauma including a severe head injury
Lynette Roberts, a 49-year-old with schizophrenia, died from motor vehicle collision while wandering aimlessly on a main street in Dunolly on 16 December 2010. She had blood alcohol level 0.16% and was wearing inappropri…
52y · Male·hanging
A 52-year-old man with a history of depression, ankylosing spondylitis, and severe obstructive sleep apnoea died by hanging in custody. He had requested a CPAP machine for over 9 months without receiving one, which he be…
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