Former child star Amanda Bynes was detained by the Los Angeles Police Department over the weekend for a mental health examination.

Law enforcement officials familiar with the case confirmed to The Times that she was referred for evaluation and treatment months after she was reportedly taken into psychiatric custody.

The “All That” star-turned-fashion student was detained Saturday morning after police received a call from a woman in distress. TMZ reported. Bynes, 37, was taken to a police station and examined by a medical unit.

The website also posted a photo of Bynes, who was handcuffed and accompanied by two police officers who allegedly led her to one of the three police vehicles sent to the scene. .

Bynes’ legal representative did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment on Monday.

Bynes was reportedly taken into psychiatric custody in March after walking through downtown Los Angeles without clothes. She reportedly alerted her car and she called 911 herself. According to TMZ.

she It was released in AprilBut a representative at the time told The Times that it “has no authority to confirm.”

Bynes, who rose to fame as a Nickelodeon star in the late ’90s and early ’20s, has been open about her mental health, writing in 2014 that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2018, she told Paper magazine that she was having a hard time herself. with substance abuse.

In 2020, Bynes celebrated a year of sobriety and introduced her long-lost fiancé, Paul Michael. Michael claimed in March that the actor said: stopped taking her medicine.

Last year, a judge found Bynes “competent” and ended his nearly nine-year custody role. [to] Give informed consent to any form of treatment. “

“Over the past few years, I have worked hard to improve my health so that I can live and work independently, and I will continue to prioritize my health in the next chapter,” Bynes said in a statement. Stated. people In March 2022.

Times staff writer Richard Winton contributed to this report.