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EXCLUSIVE: Teen Mom Amber Portwood Hospitalized, Possible Suicide Attempt

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June 14 2011, Published 2:02 p.m. ET

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Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has been rushed to a hospital emergency room after being found unconscious in her home with a rope around her neck in a possible suicide attempt, Star magazine is exclusively reporting via Breaking Celebrity News.

The embattled 21-year-old MTV star is being treated at St. Johns Hospital in Anderson, Indiana.

A source said Portwood, the mother of two-year-old tot Leah, was found just before noon on Tuesday. The source said Portwood later admitted to hospital staffers she had taken a cocktail of pills.

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Portwood's on-again, off-again boyfriend Gary Shirley became concerned about Portwood's state of mind after having a phone conversation with her, the source told Star.

He sent his mom to check on her.

After being let into her home, according to the source, Portwood was discovered unconscious on a couch.

“It’s believed she may have taken an overdose of some kind of pill,” the source revealed. â€