India, Aug. 8 -- The murder trial of former Massachusetts nurse Lindsay Clancy has brought attention to postpartum psychosis, a rare but serious mental health condition that can affect some women after childbirth. Clancy's defense says she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when her three children were killed, while prosecutors argue she acted intentionally.

The murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy has brought attention to a rare but severe mental health condition.

As per PBS, postpartum depression is not uncommon but postpartum psychosis affects only about one in 1,000 women. Dr Julia Riddle, a psychiatrist who focuses on reproductive mental health at the University of North Carolina Center for Women's Mood Disorder...