Lindsay Clancy's lawyer takes aim at her psychiatrist's care
The defense team for Lindsay Clancy is challenging the quality of psychiatric care she received prior to the killing of her three children. The lawyer argues that the psychiatrist's reliance on brief video calls and standardized forms constituted inadequate treatment.
Why it matters
The case raises broader questions about the efficacy of tele-health and the standard of care in the U.S. mental health system.
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Lindsay Clancy ’s lawyer probed her psychiatrist’s expertise, prescribing decisions and overall treatment as the defense sought Monday to suggest that the mental healthcare system mishandled the Massachusetts mother’s decline in the months before she killed her three young children .
In questioning Dr. Jennifer Tufts , defense lawyer Kevin Reddington spotlighted her use of 25-minute video appointments with limited time for talk therapy, the computerized forms that documented her observations, and the series of pharmaceuticals she recommended as Clancy reported various side effects, symptoms and concerns about taking medications.
Reddington portrayed Clancy’s care not as common practice in U.S. mental healthcare, but rather as inadequate and indifferent treatment of a deteriorating patient. At one point, Reddington implied that the doctor was a box-checking “robot.”
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