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Jackass star Steve-O has been hospitalized at a mental health unit of L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and charged with a felony possession of cocaine by the L.A. County District Attorney.  The Jackass star is being held at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after threatening to take his own life.

It is the same unit that treated Owen Wilson last year following the actor’s suicide attempt, TMZ says.

According to an insider, Steve-O was taken to the emergency room on Sunday afternoon. After drug tests, he was checked into the Thalians Mental Health Center — known for doing crisis intervention — where he was put on a 72-hour hold. That has since been extended to 14 days.

“Steve is stabilized on meds at this point,” the source says. “He was also treated for burns on his skin as if he had been putting cigarettes out on his own body.”

“Right now he’s in his extreme mania,” a family member tells the mag. “His concerned friends and family are hoping he’ll seek treatment. He doesn’t need jail, he needs therapy. We’re just really hoping that this will be the wake-up call that gets him back to himself.”

The situation escalated this past weekend when Steve-O e-mailed suicide notes to several friends, blaming a broken romance.

Get well, Steve-O!

Steve-O’s rep had no comment.

The drug charge is the result of his arrest earlier this month when he was allegedly found vandalizing his neighbor’s property, TMZ reports.