Amanda Bynes has been placed on a psychiatric hold for the next 72 hours
A source associated with the matter revealed to NBC News on March 20 that the actress from She’s the Man, whose conservatorship was ended precisely one year ago, had been placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold.
“She hasn’t been in contact with her family for quite some time,” the source continued.
Originally, Amanda and her fellow former castmates from “All That” were going to make an appearance at a 90s convention in Connecticut over the weekend. However, the celebrity, who is headquartered in California, did not make the trip to the East Coast for the occasion.
After many run-ins with the police and an involuntary psychiatric detention, Amanda was placed under temporary conservatorship in 2013. After a series of concerning social media posts regarding her father, Rick Bynes, the following year saw her once again under the care of a conservatorship, with her mother Lynn Bynes managing her financial, medical, and personal concerns.
Amanda’s conservatorship was renewed in 2018 despite the fact that she had made progress in her life over the previous years, including receiving drug and mental health treatment and enrolling once again in the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM). At the time, Lynn’s attorney, Tamar Arminak, told E! News that the arrangement “may expire at any point prior to 2020, but both Amanda and her parents are on such excellent terms and thrilled with Amanda’s life and future, the Conservatorship is the last thing on their thoughts.”
Amanda filed paperwork to end her conservatorship in February 2022, claiming in legal documents that she “has the capacity to give informed consent to any form of medical treatment” and that “protection from the court is no longer necessary” after spending years mending her relationship with her parents.
Amanda’s petition, which was submitted with Lynn’s encouragement, also said that she had been living in a community “for women poised to transition into an autonomous lifestyle” and that she had “consistently tested negative for illicit substances.”
The family is “so incredibly proud of the progress Amanda has made over the last few years and is so excited about the next chapter in Amanda’s life.” according to an attorney representing Lynn, who announced the end of her conservatorship in March 2022 to E! News.
Amanda afterwards made a statement of her own, “Words can’t even describe how I feel. Wonderful news.”
Amanda has recently been candid about how her substance usage history has impacted her mental health. In a 2018 interview with Paper, the former child star claimed, “Truly, for me, [my behavior] was drug-induced, and whenever I got off of [drugs], I was always back to normal.”
She said, “I actually am a nice person. I would never feel, say or do any of the things that I did and said to the people I hurt on Twitter.”
Amanda continued by saying that she was “really ashamed and embarrassed” by her actions in the past and that she wanted to change. She said, “I’ve been through the worst and came out the other end and survived it so I just feel like it’s only up from here.”