Britney Spears' strange behavior now in the hands of doctors, and possibly the legal system

With Britney Spears whisked out of the public spotlight and committed to a hospital psychiatric ward, it is now up to a team of professional caregivers _ and possibly the legal system _ to reverse her seemingly endless downward spiral.

Spears, accompanied by more than a dozen police officers, was taken to the UCLA Medical Center before dawn Thursday in what one officer would only say was an effort to "get help" for the troubled pop star.

It was her second 72-hour commitment in four weeks, though her previous stay lasted less than two days and was followed by more strange episodes that have accompanied her divorce and bruising child custody …