The second 5150 psychiatric hold was placed on Amanda Bynes this year, just a few days after being detained by police. The Nickelodeon star was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department for a mental health evaluation over the weekend, which she seemed to have failed, according to the sources.
Sources informed the outlet on Monday that the former child star was deemed a danger to herself and those around her. By law, Bynes can now be held for up to 72 hours while on a mandatory psychiatric hold. TheFantasyTimes’s request for comment from the former actress’s representatives did not receive an immediate response.
Amanda Bynes placed on psychiatric hold for the second time this year after being detained by cops: report
Bynes was the one who reportedly called the police to report a woman in distress. When the police arrived at her residence on Saturday morning, eyewitnesses informed TMZ that she was calm during the interaction and looked defeated as they dealt with her. Bynes’ mental health has been under scrutiny for the past few months since she was last placed on a psychiatric hold in March.
During that time, the actress, who was previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder, was found walking around LA naked. She flagged down a car without any clothes on and told the driver that she was coming down from a psychiatric episode before calling the cops on herself.
Amanda Bynes was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold for the second time this year just days after being detained by police.
Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department took the Nickelodeon star, 37, into custody for a mental health evaluation — which she seemingly failed, according to TMZ.
On Monday, sources told the outlet that the former child star was deemed a danger to herself and those around her.
Now that Bynes is on a mandatory psychiatric hold, she can be held for up to 72 hours, by law.
Reps for the former actress did not immediately respond to TheFantasyTimes’s request for comment.
Bynes was reportedly the one that called the cops to report a woman in distress in the first place.
When police arrived to her residence Saturday morning, eyewitnesses told TMZ that she was “calm during the interaction with cops” and “looked defeated as they dealt with her.”
Bynes mental health has been under scrutiny over the past couple months ever since she was last placed on a psychiatric hold in March.
At the time, the actress — who was previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder — was found roaming the streets of LA naked.
She allegedly flagged down a car without any clothes on and told the driver that she was coming down from a psychiatric episode before calling the cops on herself.
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