The Fragile Boundaries of Mental Health Care The trial of Lindsay Clancy has brought into sharp focus the complexities and inadequacies of mental health care in the United States.
As prosecutors and defense attorneys grapple with the question of Clancy's culpability for the killings of her three young children, the system that failed to prevent this tragedy cannot be ignored.
Clancy's five day psychiatric hospital stay at McLean Hospital is a crucial chapter in both narratives.