What is Marsha M. Linehan?
{{Orphan|date=February 2018}} '''Marsha M. Linehan''' (born May 5, 1943) is an American [[psychologist]] and writer. She made a new kind of [[psychotherapy]] called [[dialectical behavior therapy]] (DBT). Linehan is a Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]]. ==Early life== Linehan was born in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. She was diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]] in March 1961 at The Institute of Living in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. She was an inpatient there for 2 years and 2 months. She was given [[thorazine]] and [[lithium]] as treatment. She believes that she was [[misdiagnose]]d and that she actually had [[borderline personality disorder]]. In 1971 Linehan was given her [[Ph.D.]] in [[clinical psychology]] from [[Loyola University Chicago]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?_r=0 | title=Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight | work=The New York Times | date=23 June 2011 | last1=Carey | first1=Benedict }}</ref> ==Career== After she left [[university]], Linehan did an [[internship]] at The Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service in [[Buffalo, New York]] from 1971 to 1972. During that time Linehan was also an assistant professor at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. In 1973 Linehan went back to Loyola University to work as a [[professor]] for two years. In 1977 Linehan became an assistant professor in the Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences department of the University of Washington. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Linehan, Marsha}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:American psychologists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Scientists from Tulsa, Oklahoma]] [[Category:Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma]]