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pbs.org
Lindsay Clancy trial turns focus to medications prescribed before she killed her children | PBS News
Clancy's attorneys do not dispute that she killed the children. But they say she should not be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill, believing she heard voices ordering her to take their lives and her own. The defense says she was in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, a rare postpregnancy condition that can alter a woman's sense of reality. A forensic psychiatrist diagnosed Clancy with those conditions after the killings.
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abcnews.com
Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die - ABC News
(AP) — <strong>Lindsay Clancy searched online about hallucinations, psychosis and the side effects of several drugs she was prescribed in the weeks before she strangled her three young children in January 2023</strong>, according to an analysis of her phone ...
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theguardian.com
Lindsay Clancy murder trial: toxicologist testifies about medications found in defendant’s blood | Massachusetts | The Guardian
Justin Brower, a forensic toxicologist with NMS Laboratories, testified that his lab examined the levels of <strong>four psychiatric medications</strong> detected in Clancy’s blood after she allegedly strangled her children and attempted to take her own life.
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unilad.com
Lindsay Clancy’s 13 medications prescribed before killings as final texts and phone history revealed in court
Around 12 weeks after she gave birth Clancy's mental health had deteriorated, and she had reportedly become depressed and anxious, had stopped exercising, and was sleeping just three hours each day. Patrick Clancy appearing in court (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) After scheduling an appointment with a psychiatrist she was prescribed SSRI medication Zoloft, and then Ativan and Benadryl to help her sleep after she had a bad reaction to that.
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abcnews.com
Psychiatrists testify that Lindsay Clancy did not show signs of psychosis - ABC News
She said Clancy raised concerns at that time about side effects from her medications. <strong>Court records suggest that Clancy was prescribed more than a dozen psychiatric medications ahead of the killings.</strong>
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npr.org
Lindsay Clancy's trial highlights gaps in understanding, treating postpartum psychosis
She sought treatment, meeting with psychiatrists and therapists, attending an outpatient hospital program and spending five days in McLean Hospital for inpatient psychiatric care. <strong>Clancy was prescribed several psychiatric medications</strong>.
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