LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- Pop star Britney Spears is an `` adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis '' whose `` life is presently at risk , '' her parents said Wednesday night after the singer was released from a hospital . Jamie and Lynne Spears said in a statement that they were dismayed to learn that their daughter had been discharged from the University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center Wednesday over the recommendation of her psychiatrist . They said the hospital could `` best care for her and keep her safe . '' `` We are deeply concerned about her safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk , '' the statement added . `` There are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded . We ask only that the court 's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted . '' Spears left the Los Angeles hospital Wednesday afternoon , nearly a week after being admitted in the latest stage of an extraordinary public meltdown . Get a paparazzi-eye view of Spears » . Followed by paparazzi , a convoy of police escorted Spears to University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center on January 30 , her second hospitalization in a month . It was the latest step in the personal and career skid for the 26-year-old singer , now embroiled in a battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over the custody of their two sons . Spears left the facility Wednesday in her black Mercedes-Benz and drove to a hotel with television helicopters tracking every turn . A crowd of photographers swarmed around her when she arrived . She also had been taken to another hospital January 3 for drug and alcohol tests and a psychiatric evaluation after a custody dispute at her home . The following day , a California court refused to grant Spears visitation rights with her children -- Sean Preston , 2 , and Jayden James , 1 -- until mid-February at the earliest . In the last year , the onetime Mouseketeer has shaved her head as photographers looked on ; been cited for `` habitual , frequent , and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol '' by the judge in her custody case ; and seen her `` comeback '' performance on the MTV Video Music Awards panned by critics who derided her singing , dancing , costume choice and weight . Spears ' parents obtained a restraining order against her manager earlier this week , accusing Omar `` Sam '' Lufti -- whom Spears met in October -- of drugging her and controlling her life , her finances and her exposure to photographers . The order barred Lufti from Spears ' homes and those of her family , as well as her children . Federline , Spears ' former backup dancer , holds primary custody of the children . Spears had been in trouble with the court earlier concerning her compliance with court orders in the custody case . E-mail to a friend .
NEW : Parents calls Spears `` adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis '' Britney Spears drove away from hospital in black Mercedes Wednesday . TV helicopters , photographers covered Spears ' every move -- to a hotel . Spears has been hospitalized twice in a month 's time .