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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0917_amanda_bynes_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/09/17/0917-amanda-bynes-getty-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amanda Bynes&lt;/strong&gt; insists ... she's not having a &lt;strong&gt;Britney Spears&lt;/strong&gt;-type meltdown -- telling friends she does NOT need a conservatorship because she's perfectly capable of making her own life choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amanda is adamant ... she has no substance abuse problems and she dismisses the pending criminal hit-and-run charges and the DUI cases -- claiming the charges are all bogus. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amanda says her family has NEVER brought up even the possibility of a conservatorship. This is consistent with a contact TMZ had with a rep for Amanda's family several months back ... the rep insisted the family felt Amanda had NO mental problems.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We do know several friends and relatives of Amanda's family have tried convincing them Amanda needs professional help, but as of early summer the pleas fell on deaf ears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we first reported -- Amanda's neighbors and fellow gymgoers have become increasingly alarmed&amp;#160; ... claiming Amanda has shown worrisome &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/15/amanda-bynes-mental-issues/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;signs of mental distress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, including speaking to inanimate objects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for reports Amanda's entering rehab in the next couple days &amp;#8211; the actress says no way ... there's no reason to check into a treatment facility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2012/04/06/amanda-bynes-pretty-pictures/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0918_amanda_bynes_own_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/09/18/0918-amanda-bynes-own-footer-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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