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Episode 40 | The Truth About Lindsay Clancy
Episode 40
Wednesday, 26 August, 2026
Truth Moms goes full truth and nothing but the truth about a case that is almost impossible to hear without asking one question over and over again:What happens when a mother asks for help that goes unaided? What happens when there is truly no support like the type advocated for by all moms?Before the deaths of her three children, Lindsay Clancy’s story included months of psychiatric appointments, medication changes, worsening insomnia and anxiety, reported suicidal thoughts, crisis calls, specialized postpartum evaluations, and eventually a voluntary psychiatric hospitalization.One thing the Brit and Court agree on: we’re not here to play judge and jury or excuse the unthinkable or diagnose a woman.We are here to look at what happened before January 24, 2023.Because buried underneath the headlines is a much bigger conversation about motherhood, postpartum mental health care, the medication carousel, the enormous burden placed on families to recognize a psychiatric crisis, and what happens when a mother is clearly not okay but doesn’t fit neatly into the diagnostic box in front of her.Where were the cracks?Who was responsible for connecting the dots?And how many times does a mother have to say “I need help” before the system knows what to do with her?This is The Truth About the Lindsay Clancy Case.Not a verdict. A truthful conversation.Postpartum Mental Health ResourcesIf you or someone you love is struggling postpartum, please know there are resources available. Postpartum psychosis is rare, but it is a serious psychiatric emergency that can develop quickly. Knowing the warning signs and getting help early matters.Postpartum Support International (PSI)Postpartum psychosis information, support groups, provider directory & resourceshttps://www.postpartum.net/get-help/postpartum-psychosis-help/Mass General Postpartum Psychosis Project (MGHP3)Research, education, warning signs, treatment information & survivor storieshttps://www.mghp3.org/MGH Center for Women’s Mental HealthEvidence-based information about postpartum depression, psychosis & other perinatal mental health conditionshttps://womensmentalhealth.org/Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP)Resources for mothers, partners, family members & friends, including how to recognize postpartum psychosis in someone you lovehttps://www.app-network.org/Postpartum Support International HelpLine:Call 1-800-944-4773Text “HELP” to 800-944-4773If someone is experiencing hallucinations, delusions, severe confusion, paranoia, mania, or thoughts of harming themselves or someone else, postpartum psychosis should be treated as an emergency. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988You do not have to wait until a mother recognizes that she needs help. Partners, family members, friends and healthcare providers can learn the warning signs and help intervene.
