Back in the hospital after flipping out again, Mariah Carey is in such bad shape that her worried shrinks got a court order to force her to remain in treatment for the next two weeks, The Post has learned. Carey was "resting comfortably" last night in the psychiatric unit of UCLA Medical Center after her brother Morgan dropped her off earlier this week for a 72-hour evaluation.
Psychiatrists - concerned by Carey\'s ongoing erratic behavior - evaluated her, then got a court order to keep her locked up through mid-September, a source said. The songbird\'s spokeswoman, Cindi Berger, refused to comment last night on Mariah\'s extended stay. She had been set to tape a Barbara Walters interview and appear on the "Tonight" show this month, but abruptly canceled both.
Mariah, 31, had a nervous breakdown in July and was hospitalized at Silver Hill in Connecticut. After being discharged, she spent several days at her mother\'s house in Westchester, wandering the back yard in her pajamas, before returning to her TriBeCa apartment. Mariah\'s friends told The Post that when she couldn\'t find any peace, the singer left for a weeklong stay in Puerto Rico - and had a rollicking time. "She stayed at the El Conquistador Hotel and was having a good time with her friends," said one source, who added Carey was drinking and partying up a storm.
Berger insisted that while Carey did visit the hotel, she didn\'t stay at El Conquistador and there was "no partying. That is not true." After the public found out about her whereabouts on July 23, Carey quickly bolted for the Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara, Calif., where she stayed until her most recent breakdown.
Pals of the songbird are not surprised at the relapse. "I can\'t believe [Silver Hill] let her out so soon," said one spy. "She has been deeply disturbed for a while, and a two-week stay at a clinic is not going to do much. She tried to go back and jump into things too quickly, too soon." A spokeswoman for Virgin Records said the label is standing by the artist, despite the fact that they had to delay the release of her record.
(New York Post)
