More Specialists Needed to Recognize Postpartum Psychosis: Psychiatrist
The defense says Clancy was manic after delivery, while experts say postpartum psychosis is rare and can cause hallucinations and delusions.
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Lindsay Clancy trial puts focus on postpartum psychosis; here's how it differs from depression
The Lindsay Clancy trial has put focus on postpartum psychosis, a rare mental health disorder that causes hallucinations and mania and can put people's lives in danger.
Since late July, Lindsay Clancy has been on trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, for strangling her three children. The defense is arguing criminal irresponsibility, claiming that the young mother was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis at the time.
According to several witnesses, the 36-year-old nurse begged for help before killing her three children. For the prosecutor, the woman acted with cold premeditation.
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