The story of Lindsay Clancy and the alleged murder of her three children is undeniably heartbreaking. “There was a major 2022 review in molecular psychiatry that found no solid evidence that people with depression have lower serotonin levels. There’s no brain scan that can objectively diagnose depression,” Stuckey explains, noting that it’s simply a "symptom checklist.” According to this doctor, Witt-Doerring, patients who stop psychiatric drugs even gradually can suffer protracted withdrawal that feels like permanent brain damage,” Stuckey says. Another doctor Stuckey interviewed , Dr. Adam Urato, “warned of the many dangers of being prescribed SSRIs, specifically during pregnancy, but it also applies to that postpartum period.”