Steve-O is currenly being held at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after the Jackass star spent the weekend e-mailing suicide notes to several friends.

According to Star Magazine spies, the MTV thrill-seeker was brought into the emergency room around 2pm on Sunday afternoon and was later placed on a seventy-two hour hold in the psych ward. The hold has since been extended to two weeks, Star claims.

“Steve started flipping out. He told doctors he wanted to hurt himself badly. He wanted to break every bone in his body one by one.”

Steve is reportedly suffering from untreated bipolar disorder. Sound familiar? (Cough) Britney Spears (Cough)

“Steve is stabilized on meds at this point. He was also treated for burns on his skin as if he had been putting cigarettes out on his own body.”

“Right now he’s in his extreme mania,” a family member tells the tablod. “His concerned friends and family are hoping he’ll seek treatment. He doesn’t need jail, he needs therapy. We’re just really hoping that this will be the wake-up call that gets him back to himself.”