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Justin Chambers Opens Up About Sleep Disorder | Justin Chambers

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Justin Chambers Opens Up About Sleep Disorder

Originally posted 03/27/2008 01:45PM

Justin Chambers tells PEOPLE that a longtime sleep disorder led him to check in to UCLA's psych ward.

"It's an issue that I've had for a while," the Grey's Anatomy star tells PEOPLE exclusively in his first interview since the incident. "It's a biological sleep disorder. Your mind keeps racing, and your body is tired. It wants to go to sleep, but it can't."

Chambers, 37, who has five children with his wife, Keisha, 38, says in the two months prior to checking in to UCLA, he was sleeping no more than an hour a week. "I got to my wit's end," he says.

For more on Chambers's family life, his return to Grey's, and his recovery, pick up the latest PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
– Lisa Ingrassia

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Grey's Cast Members: Justin Chambers 'Doing Just Fine' | Chandra Wilson, Justin Chambers

Grey's Cast Members: Justin Chambers 'Doing Just Fine'

Originally posted 02/09/2008 07:00PM

After checking in an out of the UCLA Medical Center's psych ward, Justin Chambers is doing just fine, according to his Grey's Anatomy costars.

"[Justin] just needed a break," says James T. Pickens, who recently spoke with Chambers. "He said, 'Man I'm fine.'"

At the NAACP Image Awards Nominee luncheon Saturday in Beverly Hills, Pickens told PEOPLE that Chambers, who recently left town, was headed to Arizona with his family because he just wanted to chill. "[He] thanked everybody for their concern but everybody's good," says Pickens.

Also at the luncheon, Chandra Wilson said, "Everybody goes through stuff. It's no different than anybody else in the world. We just happen to be in the public eye . . . Justin's doing just fine."

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Grey's Star Justin Chambers Treated at Psych Ward | Justin Chambers

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Grey's Anatomy's Justin Chambers Treated at Psych Ward

Originally posted 01/31/2008 06:00PM

Grey's Anatomy star Justin Chambers checked into UCLA Medical Center's psych ward earlier this week, but has checked out.

He "was exhausted and suffers from a sleeping disorder," his rep tells TMZ.com. "He went in voluntarily to get some help."

Chambers plays Dr. Alex Karev on the ABC drama.

The UCLA Medical Center is the same facility where Britney Spears is currently under a 72-hour psychiatric hold.

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Justin Chambers: Grey's Cast Working Things Out | Justin Chambers

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Justin Chambers: Grey's Cast Working Things Out

Originally posted 01/22/2007 03:30PM

Justin Chambers of Grey's Anatomy said Monday that the players in the show's off-screen controversy over Isaiah Washington's use of a gay slur are continuing to work out their problems – and that it's a shame the spat has distracted from the program's accomplishments.

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