Amanda Bynes ‘checks herself into new inpatient mental health center… after extending psychiatric hold’
Amanda Bynes has left outpatient care for inpatient treatment at a new mental health facility.
According to TMZ, the 37-year-old former child star ‘checked herself into an intensive inpatient mental health treatment center in Orange County at the beginning of July.’
It came days after Bynes checked out of a Los Angeles-area outpatient program.
The outlet reported that Amanda no longer wanted to live alone and sought a more therapeutic environment.
It was also noted that the actress required more assistance than the former treatment was providing.
Update: Amanda Bynes has left outpatient care for inpatient treatment at a new mental health facility
Seeking care: According to TMZ, the 37-year-old former child star ‘checked herself into an intensive inpatient mental health treatment center in Orange County at the beginning of July’
Insiders told the publication that Amanda, who rose to fame while starring on Nickelodeon in the late 90s, was introduced to the new center through her previous one.
Amanda likes being around a medical team, therapists, and other patients, because she’s able to have more social interaction.
At the new treatment center, the star is receiving around-the-clock care and regular therapy.
There are also activities to help Bynes hone skills to use when she checks out of the facility.
Sources told TMZ it was Amanda who decided to switch up her care.
Last month the All That alum was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold, two months after she was released from a mental health facility following a three-week stay.
Several days later, TMZ reported her psychiatric hold had been extended by at least one week as doctors attempted to stabilize her medication and therapy.
At the time, the site reported that Amanda functions well when she takes her medication but stops once feeling better, leading to a downward spiral.
When the star was previously under conservatorship, before ending in March 2022, her mother Lynn was responsible for making sure she took her prescribed medication.
Family: When the star was previously under conservatorship, before ending in March 2022, her mother Lynn was responsible for making sure she took her prescribed medication; Amanda pictured with parents Lynn and Rick in 2004
Career: Amanda is known for starring on The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2002, and also appearing in films She’s The Man (2006) and Easy A (2010)
The actress had been deemed ‘a danger to herself and others’ following a mental health evaluation, authorities with the Los Angeles Police Department told TMZ, noting it was Bynes herself who called the police.
She initially contacted the LAPD to report that a woman was in distress, sources told the outlet.
The former movie star had been released from a mental health facility in April after being placed on psychiatric hold for three weeks due to roaming the streets of LA naked and appearing to be in a manic state.
Sources said, ‘She was taken to a police station where a professional medical unit was standing by to check her out and determine if she needed further treatment.’
Eyewitnesses who had seen the incident unfold told the publication that Amanda was ‘calm during the interaction’ with LAPD officers, but ‘looked defeated as they dealt with her.’
Bynes was then placed in the back of one of the police cruisers that had arrived to the scene.
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