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Can postpartum psychosis compel a loving mother to commit the unthinkable?

Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy stands accused of murdering her three young children, but her defense argues that severe mental illness and a complex regimen of psychiatric medications rendered her legally insane.

Chanley sits down with forensic psychologist Dr. John DeLaTorre to break down the highly publicized trial. They discuss the critical distinctions between common postpartum depression and the sudden, dangerous onset of postpartum psychosis. 

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