Tanya Sweeney: The disturbing Lindsay Clancy murder trial exposes why we must take maternal mental illness seriously

The trial of a Boston mother who is charged with murdering her three small children in 2023 has opened up a fraught discussion about postpartum mental health

The defense in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial called multiple witnesses Tuesday. Clancy has admitted to killing her three young children in 2023, but has pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing she had postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder and was being overmedicated. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has mor

Ms. Clancy, who is on trial for murder in the deaths of her three children, tried to find treatment for her deteriorating condition, her ex-husband’s mother testified.

Lindsay Clancy murdered her three kids. This is not disputed, but the internet is doing what it always does, turning a horrific tragedy into a dumb morality play. The hot takes that you’re seeing everywhere are pretty much all garbage. The case is about mental illness and postpartum psychosis and a field of medical car

Lindsay Clancy's mother-in-law testified the accused mother was 'begging for help' with insomnia and anxiety months before the Duxbury killings.

Lindsay Clancy’s stricken mom testified in disturbing detail Monday how her daughter told her a month before killing her three kids that she thought about harming them. Paula Musgrove told the jury that one night in early- to mid-December 2022, Clancy admitted to Musgrove and Clancy’s then-husband, Patrick Clancy, that

Clancy's mother and sister recounted how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal in the months before she killed her three children.

Mom and sister testify about Lindsay Clancy's declining mental state before she killed her children  AP News

The defense has begun calling witnesses in the trial of Lindsay Clancy

Lindsay Clancy’s mother and sister took the stand Monday to recount how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal in the months before she killed her three children.

Allison Ozga testified that her sister, Lindsay Clancy, confided in her about mental health struggles in Dec 2022, stating she felt 'in a really tough spot.'