Inside the Lindsay Clancy Case: A Forensic Psychologist Weighs In | Dr. Leslie Dobson | E7

About this episode

Dr. Sarah Hensley and Raina Butcher discuss the Lindsay Clancy case with forensic psychologist Dr. Leslie Dobson, exploring complex issues of mental health and criminal responsibility.

In this episode of The Dr. Sarah Hensley Show, Dr. Sarah Hensley and Raina Butcher are joined by Dr. Leslie Dobson, a forensic clinical psychologist, speaker, and author, for an in-depth discussion of the Lindsay Clancy case—a case that has raised difficult questions about mental health, postpartum psychiatric disorders, criminal responsibility, memory, and intent. Bringing both a psychological and forensic perspective to the conversation, Dr. Dobson helps Dr. Sarah and Raina examine the known details surrounding the case and explore some of its most complicated questions. What role could severe postpartum mental illness have played? What happens to memory during a psychotic episode? How do forensic psychologists evaluate a person’s mental state at the time of an alleged crime? And how do clinicians distinguish between psychological explanations and legal responsibility? Together, they discuss postpartum psychosis, dissociation, memory impairment, competency, criminal responsibility, and the psychological factors forensic experts consider when evaluating cases like this one. They also examine aspects of the Lindsay Clancy case that remain difficult to reconcile and why…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Sarah Hensley

Guest: Dr. Leslie Dobson

Topics covered

• mental health
• postpartum psychiatric disorders
• forensic psychology
• criminal responsibility
• memory and intent
• psychotic episodes

Keywords

• forensic psychology
• postpartum psychosis
• memory impairment
• criminal responsibility
• psychotic episodes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lindsay Clancy case

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