A troubled teenager who had threatened to kill herself on numerous occasions finally succeeded when she hanged herself in the bathroom of her supported accommodation in Stroud, an inquest heard.
Vicky Bailey, 18, was found by a Stroud Care Services worker in her shower cubicle at her flat in Westward Road on April 22, last year.
In a written statement, the worker Joanna Bullingham said: "I was taking her medication to her but when I knocked on the door there was no response.
"I had a set of keys so I entered her ground floor flat and shouted 'hello Vicky', but there was no reply.
PC Andy Turner told Gloucestershire Coroner's Court on Thursday he was on duty and by coincidence was passing the property when he saw a paramedic outside and realised something was wrong.
He said: "There was a wooden chair on its side in the shower cubicle and the deceased was lying on the floor.
"I searched the flat but could not find any notes."
The inquest heard that the young student had self-harmed in the past and had threatened to throw herself off bridges and high buildings.
Consultant psychiatrist Rosemary Richards said: "She has been sectioned in the past under the Mental Health Act and has spent periods of time in Wotton Lawn Hospital.
"She has made numerous threats of suicide and has self-harmed.
"She was detained by the police for her own safety on a number of occasions and once walked on to a railway line.
"Vicky was diagnosed as suffering from emotionally unstable personality disorder and in April, 2014, she called the Crisis team to say she had overdosed and they responded.
"She often had an intention to take her own life but would ring for help."
Senior coroner for Gloucestershire Katy Skerrett said: "Vicky has had an ongoing battle with mental health problems and her behaviour peaked and troughed, but she was showing signs of improvement.
"She made numerous attempts of self-harm and my conclusion is that, albeit fleetingly, she intended to take her own life."
