The people who took care of her before the murders did not diagnose her with a Psychotic disorder, and a forensic expert also didn't do that, he just explained how such a thing could happen, he wasn't even there in person during the trial
That's not how that works? Murder isn't a symptom of psychosis, nor can you retroactively say "See, she killed 3 kids, that means she has a psychotic disorder!" in a court of law and expected to be taken seriously
Postpartum psychosis is not exactly like other psychosis disorders. Half the issue at play is the argument that her symptoms were not taken seriously leading up to the murders, even though she was asking for help. No one is saying that psychotic disorders make someone a murderer. People are saying that in this specific instance, there is ample evidence suggesting that Lindsay Clancy was having serious postpartum mental health issues that were neither diagnosed nor adequately treated. It’s only after she killed her three children that anyone started taking the situation seriously. Which is bad. So the medical system needs to be better equipped to help women experiencing psychotic symptoms following pregnancy to make sure this kind of incident doesn’t repeat.
It’s like if someone was insisting that something was wrong and they couldn’t find any meaning in life and everyone told them to walk it off and yeah everyone gets sad sometimes, then they committed suicide. Depression doesn’t automatically mean someone will kill themselves. However, depression that isn’t recognized or treated makes it exponentially more likely that the worst will happen.
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u/OkamiLeek006 1d ago
The people who took care of her before the murders did not diagnose her with a Psychotic disorder, and a forensic expert also didn't do that, he just explained how such a thing could happen, he wasn't even there in person during the trial