Hollywood actress Mischa Barton has told how she was sectioned in a psychiatric unit after having her wisdom teeth removed.
The British star ? who shot to fame as Marissa Cooper in Channel 4 series The OC ? was forcibly held at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for two weeks last year.
She was kept under a 5150 ?hold? ? the US equivalent of being sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
The 24-year-old ? who was charged with drink-driving and possession of marijuana in 2007 ? now claims the situation was a misunderstanding over a tooth infection that spiralled out of control.
She claims she was placed in involuntary psychiatric care after lashing out at nursing staff trying to inject her with painkillers to treat an infection.
In an interview in the January issue of Tatler magazine, she said: ?I had this terrible surgery to remove my wisdom teeth and it drove me mad.
?I had infections and I couldn?t eat anything except Slush Puppies for three months and I can?t tell you how awful it was...
?Anyway, I?d had enough and I went to the hospital.
'I was in a lot of pain and if they feel you are depressed or a danger to yourself they can hold you on a 5150.
?I am terrified of needles and they wanted to pump me full of drugs and I said, ?No, absolutely not. I don?t want to be here,? and got into a fight with the nurses, and that led to my 5150.?
Mischa says she has struggled to shake off her undeserved wild-child image.
?Part of me wishes those things had never happened in the public eye. I wish I could have been perfect.
?For ages after that 5150 I?d walk down the street and people would give me the crazy eye: ?There?s Mischa Barton, she?s insane, isn?t she?? ? says the actress who is now dating British musician and DJ Ali Love, 28.
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