Doctors and women who've had it call for more attention on postpartum psychosis

The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x691+0+0/resize/1024x691!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffb%2Fe6%2F4f0461db49d9b74db52a4bb6992a%2Fgettyimages-2288493339.jpg' alt='Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her children. Her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness.'/><p>The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.</p><p>(Image credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5931964' />