MISCHA BARTON - MISCHA BARTON BACK AT WORK

MISCHA BARTON BACK AT WORK

Mischa Barton has returned to the set of 'The Beautiful Life', just two days after being released from Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold on July 15.

Mischa Barton has returned to work for the first time since her breakdown.

The 23-year-old actress was back on the set of her new TV show 'The Beautiful Life' yesterday (29.07.09), just two days after being released from Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold on July 15. Mischa's co-star Nico Tortorella revealed the star is "doing great" and "ready to work".

He said: "A bunch of stuff has gone down - you can't really help it. Everybody wants to see her get better and I think she will. I'm here for her. I think we all are. She has good people fostering good situations."

Filming of the series - which is produced by Ashton Kutcher - was due to start on July 22, but had been put back amid claims the set was not ready in time.

It was denied that Mischa's hospitalisation was to blame for the change of start date.

Mischa was hospitalised under a 5150 hold - which allows people to be forcibly held if they are deemed a danger to themselves or others, are gravely disabled or have a mental disorder - after friends became worried she was suicidal.

It is claimed she had been using drugs and alcohol to cope with financial problems and her turbulent love life.

Last week, Ashton said: "I can tell you right now Mischa Barton is doing great."

The upcoming series is about a group of models who live and work together in New York.

Mischa will play a model who is desperate for fame and success but struggles to cope with the pressures of working in the fashion world.