Barton 'on path to self-destruction'

Mischa Barton has had an alcohol problem since she was 14.

The former ‘O.C’ actress – who is receiving psychiatric treatment at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after being placed under a 5150 hold, a piece of US legislation which means she poses a danger to herself or others – worried friends with her out of control behaviour for several years and they are relieved she has finally sought help.