14 DAY TRIAL // Troubled young actress Amanda Bynes isn't doing very well these days, despite being in the hospital for some time now, under the watchful eye of doctors. She was supposed to come out this week, but it turns out that she hasn't shown any progress and so will keep staying at the facility.
TMZ reports that doctors taking care of Amanda have asked a judge to offer a 30-day extension that would allow them to hold her for another month under their supervision and hopefully help her get back on her feet.
Amanda Bynes hasn't shown enough improvement, doctors want to keep her committed at the psychiatric facility
In case you don't remember, Amanda was entered in a psychiatric facility over 2 weeks ago, after she began acting erratically again in Los Angeles and New York and sparked the concern of friends and family, who decided that she needed professional help.
The doctors that have been working with her for the better part of a month think that she's still not showing sufficient improvement, which is why they want to keep her for another month in their facility.
The official report sent out to the judge claims that Amanda is still “very ill” and stresses the fact that she is still unable to take care of herself. As a result, the judge agreed to give the extension which is going to see Amanda remain in the psychiatric facility until close to the end of the year.
Amanda's parents might not file for a second conservatorship
At the moment, it's still unclear if Amanda's parents are going to ask the court to regain their conservatorship once her hospitalization ends, but it is speculated that mom and dad feel as if they can no longer control their daughter.
Also, it seems that she still has bad feelings towards them, since she feels that they have betrayed her into having her committed, so the parents think that she'll run out on them the first chance she gets.
Doctors have also filed for a conservatorship, which, for Amanda, would be the better choice, since it would allow them to closely monitor her treatment, and also force her to take medication, something that her parents couldn't do under the conditions of their conservatorship.
However, judges only give out this kind of rights to the doctors when sufficient evidence exists that the patient is a constant danger to himself and others around him. Since Amanda tried to set fire to someone's car, clawed at her fans, and most recently claimed that her parents had implanted a tracking chip in her head, it's not sure if she'll convince the judge that she doesn't need serious medical help.