Mum charged with child deaths needs empathy and understanding

Dr Courtney Markham-Abedi

The recent case of Lindsay Clancy — the mother in the US facing at least two counts of murder in the deaths of her three children — has weighed heavily on my heart over the past several days.

According to her husband, she was a young mother struggling with postpartum depression and psychosis, and receiving treatment in an intensive outpatient program.