Lindsay Clancy Trial Highlights Postpartum Depression and Psychosis

Lindsay Clancy trial highlights Postpartum Depression and Psychosis

(WWAY) — The trial of Lindsay Clancy is putting a spotlight on postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, serious mental health conditions that can affect women following childbirth. Clancy is accused of killing her three children — five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan — at the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. Clancy has acknowledged killing her children, but her defense argues she wa…

Lindsay Clancy Trial: What Is Postpartum Psychosis?

The trial of Lindsay Clancy has brought renewed attention to postpartum psychosis, a rare but serious mental health condition that can occur after childbirth. Boston Herald reporter Colleen Cronin explains the case and the central question surrounding Clancy’s mental state, while Dr Richard Duffy, Perinatal Psychiatrist at the Rotunda Hospital, explains what postpartum psychosis is, how it differs from postnatal depression and OCD, the warning s…

We’re All Watching the Lindsay Clancy Trial. Are We Finally Ready to Talk About Postpartum Psychosis?

In the modern tellings of the fairytale Hansel and Gretel, a wicked stepmother leaves the children in the forest to starve. But a friend told me recently that in the original version, it's their mother, not their stepmother, who abandons them. Maybe we changed the details because we just can’t imagine a mother harming her own children. But the Lindsay Clancy trial has forced us to face the unthinkable.  Although mothers rarely murder their child…

Major case, massive conversation: Understanding the Lindsay Clancy trial

The State of Massachusetts v. Lindsay Clancy court case has dominated social media discourse since before it began on July 27.  The case itself revolves around the 2023 triple infanticide committed by Clancy while she was reportedly suffering from postpartum psychosis. It has inspired countless spin-off conversations about mental healthcare, where responsibility for the crime […]