Jennifer Tufts completed testimony about her psychiatric assessments, prescribing and reliance on Lindsay Clancy’s reports. Julie Paul described November treatment, medication intolerance and a partial hospitalization recommendation; her cross-examination was deferred.
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Psychiatrist Jennifer Tufts completed her testimony under questioning about her assessments, records and prescribing for Lindsay Clancy. Kevin Reddington challenged her reliance on Clancy’s reports and the limits of video appointments. Tufts acknowledged that all 14 appointments were remote, that she had not obtained South Shore records and that her McLean information consisted of a discharge summary rather than fuller hospital records. She said Clancy provided a detailed medication history and explained that clinical notes did not capture every discussion.
Tufts distinguished reported suicidal thoughts from intent or a plan and described depression and fatigue rather than mania. She said she observed no psychosis. For January 23, she explained that Clancy denied suicidal and homicidal ideation, supporting her decision not to recommend hospital evaluation. She rejected Reddington’s suggestion that increasing amitriptyline pushed Clancy over the edge. On redirect, Jennifer Sprague used a pill count to suggest Clancy had not taken the increased dose. Tufts accepted that inference based on counsel’s description and made her answer about the increase conditional on Clancy not having taken 20 milligrams. The court also admitted Woman and Infants Hospital records as Exhibit 220 and certified Spaulding rehabilitation records as Exhibit 221 without objection.
Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner Julie Paul then described treating Clancy from November 20 through November 30, 2022. Paul said Clancy initially denied thoughts of harming herself or her children and reported no hallucinations. Paul identified no delusions but believed she had not specifically asked about them. She described Clancy as goal-directed and linear at intake and emphasized that screening scores were not diagnostic. Paul outlined stopping Prozac after reported intolerance, subsequent medication changes and disorientation she thought might reflect sedation. After a panic attack, she recommended partial hospitalization, which Clancy considered logistically unworkable. Paul later transferred care as she prepared to leave the clinic. Her cross-examination was deferred until the next day.
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