NYdailynews.com just reported that pop princess Britney Spears will have to reside UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric ward for 2 more weeks! Psych ward doctors extended Britney Spears' stay in her padded room by two weeks Sunday as her parents were due back in court today to get tighter control over the troubled singer's life and finances.
They've diagnosed Britney with severe bipolar disorder in the renowned neuropsychiatric unit at the UCLA Medical Center.
Legal code had to be cited just so hospital staff members would be allowed to extend her stay. Treatment is deemed necessary for those who are found to be gravely disabled or a danger to themselves or others, a hospital source told The Associated Press.Britney Spears was forcibly taken to the hospital Thursday and first committed under section 5150 of the state code.
A source mentioned that she's staying in a padded room. Wow just like those mental asylums we see on TV? That must be rather alarming. Don't people just become crazier in places like those? Spears, 26, will remain on lockdown at the facility where, according to People.com, she can wear her own clothes and have her belongings with her.
She can accept visitors and make phone calls from a public pay phone and take smoke breaks on the center's deck, which is gated and surrounded by a metal fence. Her doctors check in on her at least once an hour, even during the night.
The article continues to say that the 14-day extension will likely be cited today by the fallen pop princess' dad, Jamie Spears, when he goes back to court to get his designation as conservator of his daughter's estate extended as well. Court Commissioner Reva Goetz gave him and a lawyer control Friday and issued a restraining order against Osama Lutfi, the pop star's friend and sometime manager, ordering him to keep away from Britney.
Britney was reported to have launched into a profanity-laced rage when told Daddy was now in charge, screaming, "Nobody's going to take my house!" and "Who is my family?" Spears could legally ask to fight her dad in court, but it was unclear last night if she would.
Terry Wasserman, an L.A. attorney who specializes in mental health cases, warned that Spears could be tied "to a bed by leather restraints" if she becomes combative. "In extreme, life-threatening situations - when the patient is a threat to one's self or medical staff - a psychiatrist can inject a person with psychotropic medication," Wasserman said.
Doctors can also force a patient to take prescribed meds, Wasserman said. "If he or she resists taking the meds, the psychiatrist can obtain authorization to forcefully medicate the person," she explained.
The poor girl is losing her mind. Maybe this isn't media hype anymore and she really does need help? I do hope someone is taking her seriously over there.(image from NYDailyNews.com)
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