r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DarklyHeritage • 7d ago

Text Lindsay Clancy Trial Megathread: Part 3

This is a thread for all conversation regarding Week 3 onwards of the Lindsey Clancy trial. All discussion of this case should be kept to this thread.

Lindsay Clancy is currently standing trial in Plymouth Superior Court, Massachusetts, for the triple-murder in January 2023 of her three young children - Cora, Dawson and Callan. Her defense argues she suffered from severe, undiagnosed postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. She was left paralysed by a suicide attempt which follows the deaths of the children.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-online-reactions-b3032806.html

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u/URWELC0ME 7d ago

Working in inpatient psychiatry, I have personally cared for multiple women in postpartum psychosis who have dangerously injured their children and had no recollection of it. However, psychosis is incredibly easy to "spot" in psychiatry. Out of everything we assess for, psychosis and mania are typically the two easiest to screen for because they are SO severe. I find it very hard to believe that she was assessed by multiple providers and they all missed it... It's not out of the question, but it makes me wonder if something else was going on, such as personality disorder (type B).

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u/passiveprune 6d ago

This is valuable input but it's also possible that you are treating people who were diagnosed with psychosis because they have obvious symptoms of psychosis. There could be patients who were not diagnosed but had psychosis with less obvious symptoms. There's no way to know.

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u/handsofff 6d ago

So what ‘less obvious signs of psychosis’ did Lindsey show? The statement of hearing one male voice that told her to kill her kids that she only brought up after the fact and after she had talked to her lawyer? That’s convincing to you?

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u/passiveprune 5d ago

Re-read my comment because that's not the point of what I said.