Delta Burke Checks Herself into Psychiatric Hospital

Delta Burke checked herself into a psychiatric hospital, according to TMZ.com. Delta Burke is a 51-year-old American actress, known for the role she played in the 1980-1990s television show, Designing Women. Delta Burke has also starred in the television shows Family Law, Delta, and Women of the House.

According to Hollywood.com, Burke told TMZ.com that she checked herself into a psychiatric hospital to deal with her obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and hoarding behaviors: "We were thinking the mania hadn't been properly diagnosed. I have severe depression. I knew I had general anxiety and I knew I had problems with obsessive compulsion and the hoarding, which I really want to work on." TMZ.com also reports Burke told them she was on five different medications and that they just were not working for her.

Justin Chambers is another celebrity who checked himself into a psychiatric hospital. He is an actor who plays the role of Dr. Alex Karev on Grey's Anatomy, and hechecked himself into a psychiatric hospital in order to cope with his sleeping disorder, Canada.com reports. According to the story, he checked himself in on January 28^th and left two days later on January 30^th. Justin Chambers has also starred in the movies: The Wedding Planner, The Musketeer, Hysterical Blindness, Southern Belles, and The Zodiac and in the television shows New York Undercover and Another World.

Shelley Long is another actress who checked into a psychiatric hospital in 2006. Shelley Long has starred in several films including: Losin' It, A Small Circle of Friends, The Cracker Factory, Night Shift, Caveman, Outrageous Fortune, and Hello Again. She also played a role in the comedy television show Cheers. Long has also won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award during her acting career.

According to reports, Shelley Long has struggled with depression and it appears the reason she checked herself into a mental hospital in 2006 was to deal with her depression.

Shelley Long, Justin Chambers, and Delta Burke are of the many celebrities that have chosen to check themselves into psychiatric hospitals in order to handle their mental illnesses. Each of these celebrities entered into a psychiatric hospital to deal with different mental illnesses, with the goal of obtaining better mental health and quality of life.

Sources:

Wikipedia: Delta Burke:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Burke

Hollywood.com: Hoarder Delta Burke Checks Into Psychiatric Hospital:
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Hoarder_Delta_Burke_Checks_Into_Psychiatric_Hospital_/5065853

Canada.com: Grey's Anatomy Actor Checks Into Psychiatric Ward:
http://canada.com.dose.ca/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=477755b3-e314-458a-bec7-58149f8b46c7

Wikipedia: Justin Chambers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Chambers

Wikipedia: Shelley Long:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Long

Contactmusic.com: Cheers - Cheers Star Long Recovering From Another Bout With Depression:
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/cheers%20star%20long%20recovering%20from%20another%20bout%20with%20depression_1016497

Celebrity Health: Shelley Long Checks Into a Mental Hospital:
http://celebrities.healthdiaries.com/shelley-long-checks-into-a-mental-hospital.html