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Britney Spears Held in Psych Ward | ||||||||||||
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| Wendy Aron, 02.01.2008, 02:35 PM | ||||||||||||
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| (EZ-Tracks) - With Britney Spears being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward yesterday, it’s now up to a team of health-care professionals to stop her emotional skid, according to an Associated Press report. Spears, accompanied by more than a dozen police officers, was taken to the UCLA Medical Center before dawn Thursday in what one officer would only say was an effort to "get help" for the troubled pop star. This is her second 72-hour commitment in less than a month. In her last episode, she was held for two days only to resume her erratic behavior upon release. The law allows a person to be placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold for up to 72 hours if they are believed to be a danger to themselves or others. Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, was seen leaving the medical center's psychiatric hospital about 5:30 a.m. Asked if her daughter was all right, she replied, "Yeah.” Under the law, doctors may keep an individual under round-the-clock observation but may not give the person medication without his or her consent unless there appears to be grave danger, Dr. Bruce Spring, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Southern California, told the AP. | ||||||||||||
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