Donald Condie

Donald Condie testified for the defense on Day 15 about Lindsay Clancy's recorded postpartum symptoms, psychiatric medications and treatment history. A psychiatrist board certified in adult and child and adolescent psychiatry, he consulted on psychopharmacology and related medication issues. He had never met or spoken with Clancy and had not evaluated her criminal responsibility. His CV was admitted without objection as Exhibit 280.

Condie described possible activation from Zoloft, reported sedation with Seroquel and symptoms that he said had not completely resolved in January. He criticized sparse treatment notes and the absence of blood testing, and discussed hotline advice, medication complications and hospitalization decisions. He distinguished reported symptoms from personal observation and said the records were insufficient to determine whether garage cleaning represented hypomania.

On cross-examination, Shanan Buckingham tested his experience, source review and understanding of medication use. Condie acknowledged reviewing no police reports or scene photographs and uncertainty about whether Clancy reached a proposed Seroquel dose. He agreed that Seroquel had been tapered to zero by McLean discharge and that the medications discussed were not all taken together. He resisted counsel's pill-count inference about a Zoloft increase and distinguished Ativan's reported anxiety relief from elimination of intrusive thoughts. He also agreed that Clancy had not reported hearing a voice to Jennifer Tufts, Rebecca Jollotta or Latiesha Dukes, and identified January 24, 2023, as the reported occasion.

On redirect, Condie described records reporting Clancy's fear that disclosure of severe symptoms could lead to her children being taken away. He expressly labeled possible concern about her nursing license as speculation. He also explained, in general clinical terms, that psychosis can be episodic and that SSRI prescribing in bipolar disorder requires caution. On recross, he acknowledged again that he had not interviewed Clancy and was speculating about her concerns. He agreed that patients seeking help should disclose symptoms honestly, while noting that doctors do not always encounter such disclosure.