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Robbie Williams' mental help
Oct 2, 2006, 15:17 GMT
British singer Robbie Williams performs live in concert late Friday, 18 August 2006, in Vienna. EPA/Herbert P. Oczeret EPA/Herbert P. Oczeret
Robbie Williams is reportedly seeing a psychiatrist after he was begged to by his worried mum.
The 32-year-old 'Rudebox' singer left fans disappointed when he cancelled the Asian leg of his tour due to "stress and exhaustion".
Now his mum Jan, a 56-year-old drug counsellor, has persuaded him to seek help at a psychiatric practice in Chelsea.
A source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper that Robbie, currently resting at his home in Los Angeles, turned to a counsellor for help after Jan's "tough words of love".
The singer suffers from bipolar disorder, the clinical term for manic depression, and before cancelling his tour had been struggling to get out of bed before 3pm and said he couldn't face going on stage.
Jan has previously spoken of the periods of depression Robbie calls the "blues" in the past.
She said: "He was in the depths of despair. I had to practice what I call tough love. I still loved him but I didn't like him very much."
In a BBC documentary about manic depression, Robbie told actor Stephen Fry: "I only get the manic highs when I'm on stage, it's downhill after that."
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