PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The psychiatrist who treated Lindsay Clancy in the months before she allegedly killed her three children returned to the witness stand Monday as testimony resumed in her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court.
On the stand, Dr. Jennifer Tufts defended her diagnosis of Clancy and explained the reasoning behind prescribing certain medications.
Julie Paul, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who saw Lindsay Clancy at South Shore’s Perinatal Behavioral Health Program, took the stand late Monday afternoon and spoke about her treatment of Clancy.
Court is expected to resume tomorrow, beginning with the judge determining whether the third witness called by the defense is competent to testify on their behalf.
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Jurors have already heard that Clancy struggled with anxiety and depression and that doctors considered whether she may have had bipolar disorder. However, testimony so far has not included any diagnosis of psychosis.
Weeks before the killings, Clancy admitted herself to McLean Hospital for five days of mental health treatment. A psychiatrist from the hospital testified that Clancy wanted to be weaned off an antipsychotic medication because she was having trouble sleeping and said no signs of psychosis were observed during her treatment.
As court resumes for a third week of testimony, Tufts’ continued testimony is expected to focus on Clancy’s treatment history, medications, and mental health condition in the months leading up to the January 2023 deaths of her kids, Cora, Dawson, and Callan.
Criminal defense attorney Elyse Hershon, who is not involved in the case, said treating physicians could face scrutiny because Clancy’s family has also filed a malpractice lawsuit related to her care.
“It is in their best interests, these doctors, to get on the stand and to assert that she was stable, that she was fine and she was properly medicated because it serves them,” Hershon said. “So we call that a bias in their testimony... that would be fodder for cross-examination potentially.”
Clancy faces three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of her children. If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison.
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