I am bipolar: Amanda Bynes

The star’s troubles began last year, when she was arrested in New York on a drugs charge and was subsequently placed on a psychiatric hold in July same year after starting a fire on the driveway of a neighbour’s home in California.

She was later moved to a rehab unit until her release in December, and in April this year her mother issued a statement insisting, “Amanda has no mental illness whatsoever” and blaming the actress’ problems on smoking marijuana. Bynes returned to a psychiatric hospital last month after accusing her parents of abusing her, and she was freed last week after officials ruled she was fit for release providing her parents maintain their legal conservatorship over her finances.