Actress Amanda Bynes Found Wandering Naked In Downtown LA

LOS ANGELES, CA — Actress Amanda Bynes was placed under a mandatory psychiatric evaluation after she was reportedly found wandering naked in Downtown Los Angeles Sunday.

The 36-year-old actress flagged down a passing motorist and asked for help, TMZ reported. She told the driver said she was recovering from a psychotic episode, and she called 911.

According to TMZ, Bynes was taken to a police station, and she was placed on what is known as a 5150 hold so she can undergo a psychiatric evaluation, a process that generally takes 72 hours. She was reportedly unharmed.

Patch was unable to reach a Bynes representative for comment.

The former star of Nickelodeon's "All That," and the WB sitcom "What I Like About You" and the musical "Hairspray" has suffered from mental health issues for more than a decade and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The latest incident comes nearly a year after she was released from conservatorship.

The actress spent about nine years under the conservatorship of her mother following a string of highly publicized arrests and troubling incidents. The issues began nearly a decade ago with a string of arrests that included a DUI case involving a 2012 collision with a patrol car in West Hollywood and another instance in which her pants caught fire while she tried to set a fire in a Thousand Oaks driveway. She also faced charges of reckless endangerment and marijuana possession in New York in a case that was later dismissed.

In the past, her former co-stars have rallied around her, publicly supporting her in her bid to end her conservatorship.

Bynes, who has largely avoided the public eye in recent years, was scheduled to attend an event known as "'90s Con" over the weekend in Connecticut, where she was set to reunite with her former co-stars from the show "All That," which shot her to stardom. But she canceled her appearance, citing an illness.

Her co-stars, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, both appeared at the event. Mitchell -- who did not discuss any details of Bynes' illness or condition -- offered words of support for her at the event.

"I've just been praying for her," he said. "It's awesome to see she's doing better. Which is great. We're just continuing to pray for her on her journey, and it's answered prayers that she's going a lot better."

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.