37 results for “treatment-resistant depression”
79y · Female·acute myocardial infarction and acute pulmonary oedema
A 79-year-old woman with stroke and cardiac history was admitted for rehabilitation but developed treatment-resistant depression. Despite comprehensive multidisciplinary management including medication trials (mirtaza…
39y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
Adrian Young, a 39-year-old voluntary inpatient with severe treatment-resistant depression and chronic anxiety, died by hanging while on day leave from the Melbourne Clinic. He ha…
36y · Male·Unascertained
A 36-year-old male psychiatrist disappeared on 25 January 2023 and is presumed deceased. He had treatment-resistant depression, was in significant pain from a recent back injury, and was prescribed opioids (Lyrica, …
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
A 51-year-old woman with longstanding treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, and suicidal ideation died from mixed drug toxicity. She intentionally ov…
22y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 22-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by hanging while under guardianship with special powers of detention in supporte…
33y · Female·hanging, self-inflicted with intention of taking her own life
Naomi Watson Ley, a 33-year-old woman with a history of depression and borderline personality disorder, was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital following suicidal ideat…
41y · Male·combined drug toxicity
…d drug toxicity (olanzapine, mirtazapine, doxylamine) on 31 March 2025 at his home in Eaton. He had treatment-resistant schizophrenia with chronic psychotic symptoms including somatic and persecutory delusions. Managed …
59y · Male·compression of the neck secondary to hanging
A 59-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation died by hanging while on weekend leave from psychiatric …
45y · Female·Hanging
…45-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder, borderline personality disorder, anorexia nervosa and depression died by hanging. She had chronic suicidal ideation and was managed in the community by a mental health t…
53y · Male·Cervical spine distraction and hanging
A 53-year-old man with chronic treatment-resistant depression and chronic suicidality was admitted to Northern Hospital following a serious suicide at…
48y · Male·hanging, intentionally self-inflicted
SS, a 48-year-old male with treatment-resistant depression and chronic suicidal ideation, died by hanging in Boronia Park, NSW in June 2014. He was…
62y · Male·Cerebral ischaemic injury due to hanging
…nging in Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 16 November 2012 after an involuntary admission for treatment-resistant depression with suicidal ideation. He had received over 200 ECT treatments since 1994, including fu…
51y · Male·combined effects of dilated cardiomyopathy with myocardial fibrosis and prescrip…
…toxic levels of clozapine and aripiprazole. He was an involuntary forensic psychiatric patient with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder and obstructive sleep apnoea. While expert evidence confirmed excellent ps…
63y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 63-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression died by hanging. His wife had been maintaining a 'suicide watch' for six weeks prior to …
15y · Female·Paracetamol toxicity in the setting of Anorexia Nervosa
…e interventions (restraint, nasogastric feeding) require reassessment if escalating; comorbid autism and depression demand earlier formal diagnosis and coordinated treatment; and families need intensive in-home meal supp…
31y · Female·drowning, deliberately self-inflicted with intention of ending life
…nd that no one could have prevented her suicide. The case illustrates the challenging management of treatment-resistant severe personality disorder with chronic suicidality despite appropriate specialist care.
91y · Female·Unascertained
Margaret Smith, a 91-year-old admitted with head strike from fall, developed moderate depression during her stay and received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a compulsory patient. On 5 March 2015, s…
31y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
… death. No clinical mismanagement was identified, though the case highlights challenges in managing treatment-resistant, non-concordant patients with complex mental illness who resist family involvement despite ongoing …
35y · Male·Choking due to impaction of soap in airway
A 35-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression and complex psychiatric presentation died from choking on a bar of soap while in involun…
52y · Female·Hanging due to depression
Mrs B, a 52-year-old woman with a 17-year history of recurrent depression, suicidal ideation, and borderline personality traits, was admitted to Cairns Base Hospital Mental Healt…
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