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Final Words : The Lindsay Clancy Mistrial Verdict
Why Psychiatry Couldn't Give the Jury the Proof it Wanted | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman
September 9, 2026
After a week of deadlock and two TV appearances, here's my clinical and civic read on the case – and what it means heading into a retrial.
The Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
How We Fail Women with Postpartum Psychosis | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman
September 9, 2026
As the Lindsay Clancy trial closes in deadlock, the real question is why a preventable illness keeps ending in tragedy – and in courtrooms. Dr. Lieberman joins Newsmax's National Report to discuss the Lindsay Clancy trial, which ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked for a seventh day over whether she was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children.
The Times Square Tragedy
America's Broken Mental Health Safety Net | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman
September 4, 2026
How a preventable mental health crisis and a lapsed treatment program reveal the deep failures in how we care for the severely mentally ill and the public around them. An examination of the tragic Times Square stabbing unpacks a crisis playing out across the country: What happens when people with severe, untreated mental illness fall through the cracks of a system meant to protect them?
Dr. Lieberman appearance on NewsNation
The Challenges of Assessing Lindsay Clancy's Mental State | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman
September 3, 2026
This week Dr. Lieberman joined NewsNation's "Katie Pavlich Tonight" (guest-hosted by Lauren Wright) to discuss the Lindsay Clancy trial as the jury weighs one of the hardest questions in criminal law: When severe mental illness takes hold, can a person be held responsible for what follows? Dr. Lieberman's view is that Clancy is not simply a perpetrator, but someone failed by a mental health system.
Dr. Lieberman explains the factors of the case before the verdict
Lindsay Clancy Killed Her Children. Is She Actually Guilty? | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman
August 31, 2026
Lindsay Clancy's trial has entered the final stage, and the jury is now deliberating before rendering a verdict. Now, there's no question that she did kill her children. The question is whether she should be held personally responsible for it and punished as a consequence.
Why a Verdict Won't Bring Closure
Lindsay Clancy & The System That Failed Her: A Psychiatrist on Postpartum Psychosis | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman
August 27, 2026
The Lindsay Clancy trial is going to wrap up in the next few days, but unfortunately, that won't be the end of the journey for Lindsay Clancy.
Research Must Set the Speed
Big Pharma and the White House Accelerate Psychedelics | Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman
July 29, 2026
Federal policy and pharmaceutical capital are pushing psychedelic medicine forward faster than the evidence can support.
Why Careful Science Must Guide The Future Of Psychedelic Medicine
My 8-Hour THC Experience | Dr. James McKnight
July 15, 2026
Here at Shrink Speak, we have been talking recently about the need for rigorous research before psychedelic drugs become widely available. That isn't an abstract policy debate for me. It is personal.
Introducing Our Newest Member To The ARETÉ Science Team
Dr. James McKnight | Board Certified Doctor of Psychiatry
July 3, 2026
ARETÉ Science is pleased to welcome Dr. James McKnight, as the newest member of our team committed to transforming mental health care in America. Dr. McKnight will assume the role of Associate Director for Public Policy and Development of Community Services.
The Civil Rights Failure of Our Time
The Cruelty We Mistake for Compassion | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
May 12, 2026
Mental Health Awareness Month arrives every May with familiar appeals: reduce stigma, raise awareness, speak openly, show compassion. But awareness is not treatment. And compassion means little when people with untreated severe mental illness are left to sleep on sidewalks, cycle through emergency rooms, languish in jails, or die prematurely from neglect, exposure, suicide, addiction, and preventable disease.
America Burning
Curing Our National Epidemic of Personal Deviant Violence | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
April 17, 2026
For most of human history, deadly violence was a common and accepted part of life. Wars, tribal conflict, political murder, organized crime, gang battles, theft, and crimes of passion were frequent and often inevitable. Yet over time – with the advent of laws, religious precepts, political systems, social norms, and advances in science, technology, and economic systems – these traditional forms of lethal violence have dramatically declined.
Schizophrenia Treatment - What Has Changed
Schizophrenia Treatment Has Changed : It's Time Our Narrative Did, Too | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
January 15, 2026
We have reached an inflection point in the arc of history – and schizophrenia is no longer the frightening mystery it once was. Schizophrenia is neither new nor rare. It has likely existed for centuries, if not millennia, and remains one of the leading causes of disability in the world, with a lifetime prevalence of about 1% of the population.
Reluctance to Seek Psychiatric Care
The Profession That Everyone Needs But Nobody Wants | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
January 7, 2026
Mental illness is widespread in society; so is reluctance to seek care. This uneasy pursuit of psychiatric services is even more ironic when the purpose of the event is related to mental illness.
Medical Marijuana Use
Be Careful What You Wish For | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
December 18, 2025
Balancing Regulatory Policy and Public Health on the Status of Recreational Intoxicants. Humanity has always had a complicated, often contradictory relationship with psychoactive substances. Across cultures and centuries, people have turned to intoxicants for healing, ritual, socialization, recreation, and escape...
Suicide Prevention
Suicide in America : Why Isn't More Done To Prevent It? | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
November 19, 2025
Few human deeds carry the shock, sorrow, and mystery of suicide. It is the most final expression of the tragic culmination of mental illness, emotional pain, and anger or frustration at circumstances that have become unbearable to the decedent.
Military Mental Health
The Battle Within : The Cost Of Ignoring Military Mental Health | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
November 11, 2025
The military's historic ambivalence toward the psychological wounds of war is a reflection of civilian society's pervasive stigma of mental illness – stigma that breeds our indifference toward and neglect of our country's mental health crisis.
Mental Health Care
Improving Mental Health Care In America : The New Frontier In Civil Rights | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
November 7, 2025
How the U.S. Government Has Failed Its Citizens – And How ARETÉ Science Aims to Change It. The United States is failing in its civic and moral responsibility to provide adequate mental health care for its people. Our mental health systems are scientifically outdated, structurally deficient, chronically understaffed, and morally indefensible.
Mental Illness & Violence
Mental Health and Mass Violence : Why The Midtown Massacre Was Preventable | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
August 21, 2025
When 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura entered a Midtown Manhattan office tower armed with an M4-style assault rifle and opened fire – killing four people, including a heroic off-duty NYPD officer before taking his own life – it marked yet another entry in the grim ledger of American mass violence.
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