The Fragile Line Between Motherhood and Madness The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, has shed light on the darker corners of postpartum mental health.
The boundaries between maternal love and maternal instability are perilously thin. At the heart of this case lies the intersection of pregnancy, childbirth, and the effects of motherhood on a woman's psyche.
Clancy's defense team argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings, a condition that can render even loving parents violent and detached.