Breaking down postpartum psychosis amid the Lindsay Clancy trial

Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters rallied outside the courthouse on Thursday, where she's on trial for murder in the killings of her three children. Shanelle Kaul reports on postpartum psychosis, the rare, but treatable illness Clancy's defense team argues made her not responsible for the crime.

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Why is postpartum psychosis central in the Lindsay Clancy trial?

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Lindsay Clancy's defence argues that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she killed her children. She has pleaded not guilty to murder.

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Lindsay Clancy murder trial

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Lindsay Clancy's murder trial is in the defense phase; a psychologist who treated her after the killings has testified about her state of mind on the night of the deaths, and hundreds of supporters rallied outside the courthouse on Thursday.

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A psychologist who treated Lindsay Clancy testified about her state of mind on the night of the killings, and hundreds of supporters rallied outside the courthouse.

Earlier in this event Lindsay Clancy's mom testifies her daughter said she had "thoughts of harming the children" Earlier coverage

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CBS 3h ago

Breaking down postpartum psychosis amid the Lindsay Clancy trial

BBC 17h ago

Why is postpartum psychosis central in the Lindsay Clancy trial?

Lindsay Clancy's defence argues that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she killed her children. She has pleaded not guilty to murder.

CBS 1d ago

Psychologist who treated Lindsay Clancy testifies at trial

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman on trial for killing her three children in 2023, has pleaded not guilty, citing her own struggle with postpartum psychosis. On Wednesday, a psychologist who treated Clancy after the killings testified about her state of mind the night of the tragedy. Shanelle Kaul reports.

BBC 1d ago

What is postpartum psychosis and why is it central in the Lindsay Clancy trial?

Clancy is accused of killing her three children in Massachusetts in 2023 and her defence team point to severe postpartum mental illness.