Amanda Bynes in no longer undergoing treatment for mental illness at UCLA's medical center, and instead has been transferred to a luxurious rehabilitation facility in Malibu.
According to inside sources, the troubled actress was "scared" at UCLA's famed psychiatric center and has been moved to a more "peaceful" Malibu rehab facility that treats personality disorders, reports The New York Daily News.
"She is still not doing well but was moved to Canyon because of [its] alternative treatments and a more peaceful atmosphere," insiders told The Daily News.
"She was scared at UCLA, stuck indoors," the source said, adding that she "wouldn't leave the ward." The source clarified that the 27-year-old former child star is not at The Canyon for addiction rehab, but rather for "specialized" psychological help.
The "Hairspray" actress has been residing at The Canyon, a secluded 120-acre private ranch that treats addiction and psychiatric disorders, for the last three weeks, TMZ reports. The facility is favored by celebrities due to its exclusive and "sophisticated" surroundings and is where Charlie Sheen's ex-wife Brooke Mueller once stayed for treatment. The facility offers yoga classes, organic meals, a saltwater pool, equine therapy and a therapeutic sweat lodge, according to its website.
TMZ also reports that the star's doctors have put her under a new LPS hold because they were so worried about her state of mind. An LPS hold, which is part of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967, means mentally unstable patients can be held in a facility against their will for treatment. It also allows doctors to force patients to take medication and remain in a locked facility.
Citing a source who revealed Amanda is still in "a desperate state," the former Nickelodean star is no longer wearing her long blonde wig, but has become increasingly "paranoid" that she will be photographed by paparazzi during her time inside the facility.
Bynes was first committed to a psychiatric hospital on July 22 after setting fire to a stranger's driveway in Thousand Oaks, Calif. around the corner from her parents' home. Her progress has been "very slow," and she's expected to remain in a facility through the end of the year, a source told The News last week.
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