A jury is to determine whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She was being treated for postpartum mental health issues when she killed the children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, who was 8 months old. Plymouth County Superior Court Judge William Sullivan is presiding over the jury trial, which began on July 27 and is expected to last six to eight weeks.
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Latiesha Dukes is a licensed mental health counselor who saw Lindsay Clancy while working as a perinatal clinician at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dukes testified in Clancy's murder trial today (Wednesday, August 12, day 12). This is her entire direct-examination with Shanan Buckinghan, an assistant district attorney in Plymouth County. 02:49 "So I typically perform a psychosocial assessment, which is getting their behavioral health history, as well as their current presentation and reason for coming in for therapy, so whether that be a specific diagnosis or current concern, or recent like crisis or trauma, and also a risk assessment that assesses how they're doing in that moment." "And what kinds of therapy can you offer in that short-term therapy?" "In that short-term therapy, we offer cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy. I also offer something called EMDR, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, for patients that have gone through trauma, as well as it could be even short-term support, like a couple of weeks until they're transferred to the appropriate level of care." 07:03 "I'm going to draw your attention to a particular patient by the name of Lindsay Clancy. Do you remember when your first contact was with her?" "I remember it was around late November, early December." 07:39 "And if I mention December 2, does that sound familiar as the first intake with Lindsay Clancy?" "Yes, as I said, around late November, early December." 08:09 "She was referred to me for postpartum anxiety and depression symptoms." 09:28 "Her presenting concerns were anxiety, lack of sleep, depression symptoms, frequent passive suicidal ideation, thoughts of wanting to die and no longer be here." 10:06 "I typically have an overview of medications, but I don't particularly get into prescribing or how to take medications." "My role would be to create a treatment plan to address the concerns, which would be like the anxiety and depression symptoms, and work on coping skills and building community supports around that. Or if she needed a referral to a higher level of care, I would do that." 12:43 " did it appear that her mood was consistent with what she was reporting to you based on your observations?" "She appeared to have, if you can say, like normal mood. There was no like tears or sadness or like there was no blunted interaction. She was able to make contact, eye contact." 14:11 "And what were your observations of her facial expressions?" "She was tearful when discussing her anxiety symptoms." 14:50 "And you said you also, in this assessment, assess suicidal thoughts, correct?" "Correct." "And so, did you ask her anything more about those passive thoughts that you indicated she?" "Yes, and what she reported as far as like passive thoughts were thoughts of not wanting to be here or no longer wanting to live, but no plan." "And is that significant to you? The fact that she identified there was no plan." "Yes." 17:06 "And as far as her expressed concern to you, fair to say it was focused on the one particular medication, the medication Ativan?" "Correct." "And why were you, why did you not find that that to be an issue based on your assessment?" "Based on my assessment and how she stated she was supposed to be using it, it was used correctly to remedy the anxiety symptom." 20:00 Dec. 5, 2022, Telehealth appointment 21:16 "What did she say about the weekend?" "She reported that over the weekend she had a difficult weekend having intrusive thoughts about wanting to die, and that she had contacted Aspire Crisis Support. She met with the clinician virtually and was told that she did not meet the criteria for inpatient treatment due to having no SI plan, suicidal ideation plan." 24:35 " I offered her support in connecting to. It seemed like she needed a higher level of care, so intensive outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization therapy, as well as we reviewed one of her main concerns was also issues with sleeping. So we reviewed sleep hygiene and how to support better sleep to see if that would help with some of the intrusive thoughts." 29:49 Dec. 12 visit: "Yes, she indicated that she would be starting a partial hospitalization program ... on December 20, 2022." 30:51 "I was recommending this higher level of care because of continued passive suicidal ideation, even with crisis intervention, as well as women and infants was more so for postpartum women, and the infant would be able to come to the program with her..." 34:49 Dec. 19 "She was continuing to have low mood and numbness. She did not have any SI and had no need for crisis intervention over that week." 37:24 "Anything about your interaction with her that day that was different from the prior interactions?" "That day, she seemed to be more engaged. She was able to smile. She was able to laugh, and she was enjoying time with family."