Tania Louise Marshall was intelligent, beautiful and in love.
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The 29-year-old physiotherapist had married her husband after a whirlwind romance and the couple were building a life together in Canberra.
Ms Marshall died after a suicide attempt in Calvary Hospital following a short but fierce bout of depression in August 2011.
Her depression's deadly swiftness stunned her family and friends.
They want to break the silence over a taboo subject, in the hope of preventing other suicides.
Coroner Peter Dingwall could not determine if the death was an accident or a genuine attempt to take her life.
Mr Dingwall also found Calvary was not to blame for the death and had already addressed architectural issues - including attaching weight bearing alarm to doors - that may have contributed. But the finding has left Ms Marshall's family searching for answers.
Ms Marshall's mother, Margaret Fontana, wrote a letter to the coroner saying she felt the outcome was predetermined and the inquest held only to appease the family.
Mrs Fontana still does not feel the hospital took her daughter seriously.
''Tania was in a place where you think she'd be safe, but she wasn't,'' Mrs Fontana said.
It is said a parent is never meant to bury their child, but Mrs Fontana had to do it twice in two years.
Her heavily-pregnant daughter, Rachael Fontana, 23, and unborn grandson, Reily Knox, were killed in a head-on collision in June 2009.
Rachael was buried wearing the bridesmaid dress she wore to Tania's wedding.
Mrs Fontana said her sister's death hit Ms Marshall hard.
The devastation of her family's north Queensland farm by cyclone Yasi in 2011, the second time the farm had been destroyed by storms within five years, heaped further misery on the high achiever.
Mrs Fontana said Ms Marshall was the family's rock throughout.
But inside, the strain was starting to manifest as obsessive-compulsive behaviour and anxiety.
Ms Marshall, who worked with disabled children, finally broke while attending a three-week training course in Brisbane.
She called her family in tears after three days of anxiety attacks, dropped out of the course and returned to Canberra.
The high-achieving country girl would be dead within weeks.
Ms Marshall was voluntarily admitted to Calvary's private mental health facility, Hyson Green, on July 18 after an overdose attempt.
She told doctors she thought she was a failure who had ruined her career and marriage.
Ms Marshall admitted suicidal ideation and attempted to steal medication for a second attempt.
But doctors reported signs of improvement in following days and reclassified her as low risk.
She was found hanging in the bathroom by her husband on the morning of July 30.
Staff managed to resuscitate the woman who had tenderly treated disabled children in Queensland, Northern Territory and the ACT.
Ms Marshall was transferred to intensive care, where she clung on to life for another three days before her family made the decision to switch off her life support.
''No one could believe it. Couldn't get over the steep decline,'' Mrs Fontana said.
''She appeared happy. She was liked, successful and in a loving relationship.
''She had a good way of hiding it.''
Staff told the inquest they believed Ms Marshall had intended to be discovered earlier and the death had been accidental.
Mrs Fontana feels the claims are false and have tarnished her daughter's name.
The coroner found she had received appropriate care and treatment.
Mr Dingwall said people intent on taking their own life were hard to stop and increasing Ms Marshall's risk category would not have saved her. He expressed his deep sympathies for the family.
It is the second time in recent years Calvary has had to face an inquest after the suicide of a patient.
Father of four Malcolm ''Mac'' West was found dead in his room in June 2009.
The coroner on that occasion also found Calvary private mental health facility was not to blame for the death.
With the legal aspect of Ms Marshall's untimely death closed, Mrs Fontana has turned her attention to preventing the loss of further lives. She holds fund-raisers, such as plant sales and high teas, with all proceeds donated to Lifeline's suicide prevention program.
But her biggest challenge is lifting the stigma attached to suicide and mental illness.
''All I can do now is try and do my little bit, try to make people aware,'' Mrs Fontana said.
Support is available for anyone who may be distressed by calling Lifeline on 131 114 or beyondblue on 1300 224 636.