Britney ''...was in a total meltdown...''

''It's not just the drugs and booze, though ... I really believe she is having a total mental and emotional breakdown,'' a source close to Britney said.

Given Spears' behavior over the past year, that analysis seems correct. There were the failed attempts at rehab, the now-infamous shaved-head incident, her love-hate relationship with the paparazzi, her embarrassing performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in September 2007 and her meltdown afterward, and her attempts to have her children's teeth whitened -- all indications of unstable behavior.

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