Commonwealth v. Clancy, August 10, 2026: Jennifer Tufts, Julie Paul

Commonwealth v. Clancy, August 10, 2026

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The treating psychiatrist completes her evidence; the perinatal nurse practitioner begins.

Key points

All 14 Tufts appointments were telemedicine; she never examined Clancy in person.
Tufts did NOT diagnose bipolar disorder, squarely against Dr. Zeizel's later diagnosis of bipolar with postpartum psychosis.
Tufts had been in independent practice roughly one month when she took Clancy on.
She was unaware Clancy had called suicide hotlines twice and been turned away.
Julie Paul's 22 Nov 2022 intake recorded no suicidal or homicidal ideation, no hallucinations, no delusions; the concern was sleep.
The referral to perinatal behavioural health came through Susan Clancy, the mother-in-law.

Jennifer TuftsCommonwealth

Psychiatrist; treated Sept 2022 – 23 Jan 2023

Direct: Sprague Cross: Reddington

All fourteen appointments were by telemedicine; she never saw the defendant in person.
Defended her diagnosis and her prescribing on direct.
On redirect, answered plainly that she had not observed signs of psychosis.
Began independent practice in August 2022, roughly a month before taking the defendant on.
Treated about fifty postpartum depression patients during a four-year residency at Boston Medical Center.
Prescribed sertraline and buspirone.
Did not contact the family, citing patient confidentiality.
Did NOT diagnose bipolar disorder.
Acknowledged surprise on learning the defendant had twice called suicide hotlines and been turned away.

Julie PaulCommonwealth14:59

Nurse practitioner, South Shore perinatal behavioural health