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Author Steel knows Spears family mental illness pain (Reuters)
Reuters - Author Danielle Steel, who experienced the pain of seeing her mentally ill son commit suicide, is urging the parents of pop star Britney Spears to keep fighting for mental health treatment for their daughter.
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Danielle Steel says she understands Spears' family pain
Oh No They Didn't! — ... understand how high the possibility was that it could cost him his life." Steel -- who will release her 72nd novel "Honor Thyself" on February 26 -- believes the laws need to be changed to allow mentally ill people to be hospitalized against their will. "Usually bipolars present extremely well and they can bounce into court ... look very together and be a complete mess three hours later on the streets somewhere," she said. "There's nothing you can do." Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080215/people_nm/spears_steel_dc 

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