Mischa Barton is speaking out for the first time about the emotional breakdown that sent her to a psychiatric hospital earlier this summer. The actress, who stars on The CW’s The Beautiful Life this fall , was held under an involuntary psychiatric hold at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in July.

In an interview with Time Out New York, the 23-year-old actress denies that she has been abusing drugs or suffered a mental breakdown as previously reported. Instead, Mischa cites depression and a surgery on wisdom teeth that healed slowly for leaving her out of sorts.
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Model Elle Macpherson is avoiding troubled actress Mischa Barton on the set of their CW drama A Beautiful Life.


While most of the series’ stars have come together to support Mischa since a drug stupor reportedly landed her in the psych ward of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last month, Elle has refused to deal with the young woman’s “drama,” FOX News claims.
“She comes to work, films her scenes and usually flies right back out of the city,” an insider reveals. “Elle is strictly there to work and she doesn’t have time to mentor. She’s not rude, but she knows how to avoid drama.”
Mischa Barton has been ordered to lose 10lbs for her role as a model on the new CW series The Beautiful Life.

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Mischa Barton has hired a sober companion to help her battle her dangerous addictions to drugs and alcohol, In Touch Weekly reports in its August 10 issue. Read the rest of this entry »
Mischa Barton is out of the hospital and planning a return to work almost two weeks after Los Angeles police placed her under a 5150 hold for psychiatric treatment.

The news comes as friends of the troubled 23-year-old actress reveal that they have been concerned about Mischa’s out of control behavior since her early teens.
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