Marcia was treated with electroconvulsive therapy and antipsychotic medications in the late 1960s for schizophrenia and suicidal behavior.

“what uh when she was born now that i'm thinking about it but uh it was before cbt was really in the picture and she was sent away hospitalized for being suicidal and chronically self-injuring doing a number of things to cause physical harm to herself as a way of relieving emotional intensity and overwhelming emotions and so at the time there was not a lot of treatment options that were available and the medical model was to treat with really strong meds you know antipsychotic meds at the time or to use something like electroconvulsive therapy”