Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Louella Parsons wrote in her newspaper column that Monroe was `` a very sick girl , much sicker than at first believed '' , and disclosed that she was being treated by a psychiatrist .
Simplified: Louella Parsons wrote in her newspaper column that Monroe was `` a very sick girl , much sicker than at first believed , '' and said that she was being treated by a psychiatrist .