Episode 30: Post-Partum Psychosis? The Case of the Clancy Family

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Naomi Channell

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, News

4.7 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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TRIGGER WARNING: This epsiode contains a case that features discussions of post-partum psychosis and the deaths of children. Whilst descriptions are not explicit, please take care whilst listening. Lindsay Clancy was described as the perfect mother. She doted on her three children and she worked as a midwife. But in January 2023.... she committed the worst crime imaginable and took the lives of her three children, but why? Her defence say that she had post-partum psychosis, the prosecution say she knew what she was doing. But how can we ever really know or understand, how this rare but potentially fatal illness can affect a new mother? Well, today we can get a step closer to understanding post-partum psychosis. Lacey, is a mother-of-two, who adores her children and works in mental health services. She was diagnosed with post-partum psychosis and has lived through an unimaginable experience. And on her darkest day, she attempted to take the life of her baby. Lacey is here to tell her story. This is Real. Support and Advice is avilable here:UK:https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/post-partum-psychosis/https://www.app-network.org/https://www.mind.org.uk/US:https://www.postpartum.net/learn-more/postpartum-psychosis/https://988lifeline.org/Australia: https://www.cope.org.au/new-parents/postnatal-mental-health-conditions/postpatum-psychosis/https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/news/statsandfactsLacey's website:https://www.soapandhope.co.uk/If you would like to support the show, you can here:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/podcast4justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Warning, this is a true crime podcast and is not suitable for all audiences. Please use discretion.
0:08.3	This episode contains discussions around assaults against children and severe mental health issues that occur after childbirth.
0:17.1	It also details suicide attempts. Whilst the descriptions are not explicit, please take extra care whilst listening.
0:27.3	A mother killed her child.
0:30.7	What's your gut reaction?
0:32.9	Is it hatred for the mother?
0:35.7	Is it despair for humanity?
0:42.4	Or do you ask yourself why? And what if that why meant that really the mother was innocent? I'm Naomi Channel and this is real. Israel. In 2014, whilst working in TV production and trying to balance filming with having a baby under a year old,
1:36.3	I signed up to do a diploma in antenatal education and birth support.
1:41.2	I did it for about four years.
1:43.1	I made some incredible friends along the way and witnessed a
1:46.6	variety of different births. I taught antenatal classes and I offered breastfeeding support.
1:53.4	One big part of my training was learning about postnatal depression. I'd had it myself and I wanted to
2:00.4	help others. And then I learnt about its
2:03.6	ugly relation, postpartum psychosis, and I'll admit it scared me. The statistics painted a
2:12.2	bleak picture. Postpartum support international states that around 5% of mothers with postpartum psychosis will attempt suicide, and 4% will kill their child.
2:27.3	Thankfully, it is a rare condition, but it doesn't discriminate.
2:33.3	Anyone who has given birth can get it, regardless of
2:36.3	age, race, religion or social status. So what is it? Well, the National Health Service
2:45.1	describe it as a psychiatric emergency, and that's exactly what it is. It affects around one to two women in every 1000.
2:54.9	It's rare but it can escalate quickly and it usually develops in the month after the baby is born
3:01.4	and usually symptoms will start within the first few days after birth. It can last for weeks, months or in some
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