BRITNEY SPEARS - SPEARS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL

BRITNEY SPEARS has been released from the psychiatric ward at UCLA Medical Center, according to new reports. The pop star was committed to the Resnick Neuropsychiatric wing of the Los Angeles hospital on Thursday (31Jan07) upon the advice of her personal doctor. Spears was initially placed on a 72-hour hold; this was upgraded to a 14-day stay at the weekend (03Feb08). But the Los Angeles Times newspaper reports Spears was released on Wednesday morning (06Feb08). There were no more details available as WENN went to press with this story.