#postpartum-psychosis

#postpartum-psychosis

the lawsuit accuses several medical providers of a "catastrophic failure" to properly diagnose, treat, and monitor Clancy as her postpartum mental health rapidly declined. Instead, the suit alleges, they subjected Clancy to a "disorganized, uncoordinated course of polypharmacy" that only made her worse. Clancy had been experiencing auditory hallucinations for weeks leading up to the killings, according to the complaint, but the commanding voice took on a new urgency after her husband left to pick up dinner on Jan. 24, 2023.

Postpartum psychosis often strikes women with no history of mental illness, who in the weeks after giving birth are seized by paranoia or delusions. Emily Sliwinski got home from the hospital after giving birth to her first child three years ago, and almost immediately began spiraling. Her thoughts raced; she was unable to sleep; she began hallucinating that her dog was speaking to her. She became obsessed with solving the national shortage of infant formula, covering a corkboard with notes and ideas.