Delta Burke in Psychiatric Ward

TMZ has learned "Designing Women" star Delta Burke checked herself into a psychiatric hospital last week for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and "hoarding."
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Burke, 51, has done an interview with TMZ TV, in which she describes how hoarding (being a pack rat) has ruined her life, but she believes she may now be able to conquer it.

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31. WHY DON'T THEY JUST ALL GO INTO THE PSYCH WARD AND REHAB AND GET IT THE HELL OVER WITH. I'M SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT THESE RICH IDIOTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS. IF THEY HAD TO LIVE LIKE THE REST OF US THEY COULDN'T HANDLE IT.

Posted at 12:07PM on Feb 6th 2008 by penny

32. I have always liked Delta Burke. I hope she gets the help she needs.

Posted at 12:07PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Tired and Ready for A Nap

33. Where is Tom Cruise to help these people? Just got done reading the unauthorized book and he claims only Scientologist can cure people off the meds.

Sorry if this offends anyone but I couldn't help give Tom a shot at curing all the fellow celebs with the principles his cult claims works miracles?!

Posted at 12:09PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Where's Tom Cruise...

34. Why is there nothing about the dead soapstar??? .

Posted at 12:12PM on Feb 6th 2008 by ??????

35. She must have collected 100's of ice cream containers.

Ta!

Posted at 12:15PM on Feb 6th 2008 by CoolGirl2008

36. She's always been a basket case. She's 51, there's no hope for change now. She might as well go back to her little rat hole, and wait for the end.

Posted at 12:18PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Hideous

37. I wouldn't be tellin' everyone, if I were you, Delta. You silly thing.

Posted at 12:19PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Hideous

38. Boy, it's not the glamorous 50's anymore, is it? Hollywood is falling apart. Personally, I understand the hoarding thing because I had that in the past. Never heard anyone being hospitalized for it though. One day I just threw all the junk out! I hate to say it because I've always liked Delta, but this sounds like a stunt to me, just like Eva Mendez in "rehab" when no one's ever heard of her taking a drink or this other guy from Grey's Anatomy checking into the psych ward. Now it seems Britney's started yet another trend - first she gives us belly shirts and Catholic school uniforms, not it's rehab and psych wards. Hollywood is so pathetic and anyone who yearns to be in the spotlight today - with stalkerazzi like TMZ and X17 - really does need to go to a psych ward for examination!

Posted at 12:20PM on Feb 6th 2008 by southphillyitaliana

39. How many of you have stacks of useless crap sitting around your house that you can't get rid of because you may need it someday or else it holds a special memory of some inconsequential event such as the first diaper that your kid took a crap in? How many of you have closets packed to the limit? That is a small sign of hoarding and most of us probably suffer from it to a degree. Expand that to rooms that you can't walk through because things are stacked to the ceiling and that is probably what she has. She should have Oprah come in and clean out her house like she did for someone else last year - it took 4 - 6 weeks to do or something like that.

Given the extensive coverage going on these days thanks to sites like these, don't berate someone for beating the paparazzi blogs to the punch by issuing the statement as opposed to being humiliated by reading about as an "EXCLUSIVE" on this site. She controlled what she wanted the press to know. While she is not a major star these days, these sites revel in showing these people in the most unflattering light and laughing at their expense.

Posted at 12:22PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Give me that, it's MINE!

40. Maybe the problem IS meds! Doctors are so quick to prescibe stuff. There IS something in the water in Hollywood! Thanks, Pfizer.

Posted at 12:24PM on Feb 6th 2008 by christi

41. The fact that we (including myself),the public,have enough time on our hands to even comment on these types of stories and headlines is a sad commentary on society today.If we weren't so hungry for celebrity news we wouldn't be getting it.The really scary part of this whole thing is the lack of compassion for any kind of suffering. We are as addicted to celebrity suffering as they are to fame and easy fixes.....where's the rehab fix for crowing over someone else's misfortune? Could it be...........right inside our own hearts?

Posted at 12:26PM on Feb 6th 2008 by dp

42. Hey #30 - Please learn the difference between THEIR, THERE, and THEY'RE. No matter how smart your comments are, they lose credibility with horrendous spelling.

Posted at 12:27PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Teacher

43. geez, I'm, jealous. I want to be in the cuckoo's nest.. Everybody's doin it

Posted at 12:28PM on Feb 6th 2008 by SERENITY NOW!

44. Is everyone is Hollywood nucking futs????

Posted at 12:34PM on Feb 6th 2008 by JamieLynn

45. I'm going to open a new bar and restaurant named 'Looney Bin'...do you think any stars will come?

Posted at 12:34PM on Feb 6th 2008 by buxxy

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