SPEARS BEING TREATED BY ‘CARING, CONCERNED’ THERAPIST

The psychiatrist who hospitalized Britney Spears is a highly respected therapist known for her compassion, a former colleague tells People magazine.

"She's an excellent clinician and an excellent psychiatrist," says Harold Young, the clinical director at the Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills, where Spears's psychiatrist Dr. Deborah Nadel worked for about five years.