{"id":2655557,"date":"2026-09-07T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsay-clancy-never-showed-signs-of-acute-psychosis-her-own-psychiatrists\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:40:26","slug":"lindsay-clancy-never-showed-signs-of-acute-psychosis-her-own-psychiatrists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsay-clancy-never-showed-signs-of-acute-psychosis-her-own-psychiatrists\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy Never Showed Signs of Acute Psychosis: Her Own Psychiatrists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flindsay-clancy-never-showed-signs-of-acute-psychosis-her-own-psychiatrists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2655557&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lindsay Clancy, who murdered her three children in 2023, did not show signs of severe psychosis before the incident, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multiple mental health professionals testifying<\/a> during her trial. Psychiatrists kirk Heilbrun, Alia Goodheart, Jennifer Tufts, and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack all indicated that Clancy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-face-questions-over-delays-in-storming-texas-school\/\" title=\"Police Face Questions Over Delays in Storming Texas School\">mental health history<\/a> did not suggest she was experiencing psychosis at the time of the killings. Heilbrun noted that her brief hallucinatory episode-hearing a voice for about 18 minutes-was highly unusual.goodheart and Tufts, who both treated Clancy prior to the incident, maintained she showed no signs of psychosis or mania during their treatment. Conversely, the defense presented Dr. Phillip Resnick,who argued that Clancy was psychotic during the killings,describing her as a puppet controlled by an external force. The first trial resulted in a mistrial, and prosecutors are expected to emphasize the testimonies supporting the absence of psychosis in her upcoming trial.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Clancy, the woman who killed her three children in 2023, never showed signs of acute psychosis prior to the killings, according to three psychiatrists and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psychologist-claims-depp-did-cavity-search-on-heard-while-looking-for-drugs\/\" title=\"Psychologist Claims Depp Did \u2018Cavity Search\u2019 On Heard While Looking For Drugs\">forensic psychologist<\/a> who testified during her first trial.<\/p>\n<p>Forensic psychologist Kirk Heilbrun testified in August that it was \u201cvery unusual\u201d for Clancy to only experience a hallucination from her alleged psychosis one single time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way she described this as happening is that she heard a voice that she\u2019d never heard before \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-finds-hallucinating-hospital-asking-chatgpt-dietary-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experienced a hallucination<\/a> \u2014 and she\u2019s never experienced it since,\u201d Heilbrun noted in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut she only experienced it for the 18 minutes or so that it took to kill the children,\u201d he continued. \u201cTo put it mildly, that would be a very, very unusual pattern or manifestation of how this kind of thing comes about. Very unusual.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the best witness yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe heard a voice that she never heard before, and she never experienced it since, but she only experienced it for the 18 minutes that it took to kill her children. And to put it mildly that is very unusual. Very very unusual. I\u2019m always very\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Axa2jm18FR\">pic.twitter.com\/Axa2jm18FR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lisa Marie (@LisaNIRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LisaNIRL\/status\/2091967564800819551?\">August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Heilbrun never treated Clancy, but two of the psychiatrists, Alia Goodheart and Jennifer Tufts, testified similarly in August after having previously treated her.<\/p>\n<p>Goodheart treated Clancy during a voluntary five-day stay at an inpatient hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lindsay-clancy-psychiatrist-explains-not-diagnose-postparatum-psychosis-12031853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine.\u00a0She said in court that her initial diagnosis for Clancy was \u201cmajor depressive disorder, severe without psychotic features.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not have any concerns about her safety or a risk for anybody else,\u201d Goodheart testified, adding that Clancy had shown no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woman-killed-boyfriend-stabbing-100-times-sentenced-community-service-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signs of psychosis<\/a> during her treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Tufts began treating Clancy in September of 2022, which was roughly four months after she gave birth to her third child. The treatment continued through January 2023, when Clancy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mother-1954-drowned-3-children-system-took-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed her three kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTufts said throughout her testimony that Clancy never exhibited any signs of psychosis or mania during her treatment,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2026\/08\/11\/lindsay-clancy-psychiatrist-jennifer-tufts-testimony\/91253612007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/LindsayClancy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LindsayClancy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/LindsayClancyTrial?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LindsayClancyTrial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr Jennifer Tufts testified today. She is a licensed psychiatrist who treated Lindsay Clancy for severe postpartum mental health disorders. She worked with Lindsay before she entered McLean.<\/p>\n<p>She testified that she first evaluated Lindsay\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0D0xjyh4j3\">pic.twitter.com\/0D0xjyh4j3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adriienne F (@imadriienne) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/imadriienne\/status\/2085844443807072337?\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A third expert, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack, never treated Clancy, but did testify in late August that he found no evidence of psychosis leading up to the killings of Clancy\u2019s children, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/crime\/lindsay-clancy-trial-depression-psychosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsNation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s your understanding from reviewing her medical records that Lindsay never indicated that she was not participating in reality, that she was in a dissociated state, that she was out of touch with reality?\u201d Clancy\u2019s attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked Mack in court. \u201cYou\u2019re telling this jury you never saw that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did see that evidence and that component. I don\u2019t see that as a sign, strictly speaking, of psychosis,\u201d Mack fired back. \u201cIt may have been in some cases, but I don\u2019t see any signs of psychosis or delusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the first trial concluded last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lone-lindsay-clancy-juror-held-mob-hailed-true-hero-mistrial-becomes-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with a mistrial<\/a>, critics suspect prosecutors will lean in hard on the testimony from Heilbrun, Goodheart, Tufts, and Mack during her next trial.<\/p>\n<p>The defense also had witnesses, including Dr. Phillip Resnick, a forensic psychiatrist and expert in filicide. Though he never treated Clancy, he argued that the evidence showed she was \u201cclearly psychotic\u201d when she killed her kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was almost like she was a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings,\u201d he testified.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-of-appeals-in-swing-states-drop-major-ruling-hurting-kamala-harris-chances-against-trump\/\" title=\"Court of Appeals in Swing States Drop Major Ruling, Hurting Kamala Harris&#039; Chances Against Trump\">highly engaged readers<\/a>, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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