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Who goes to rehab for depression??



Steven Tyler: I went to rehab for my foot

Steven Tyler entered rehab earlier this month ­– but there may be something smelly about his reasons for doing so.

The Aerosmith frontman released a statement Thursday, saying he checked into Las Encinas Hospital's drug rehabilitation facility to recuperate from a series of surgeries on his foot.

"I really needed a safe environment to recuperate where I could shut off my phone and get back on my feet," Tyler said in a statement. "Make no mistake, Aerosmith has no plans to stop rocking. There’s a new album to record, then another tour."

Tyler, 60, has previously admitted to having a history with drug abuse, and even entered rehab in 1986 for drug addiction. Sources close to Tyler said last week that the rocker checked himself into rehab this time around for substance abuse.

Las Encina's Web site makes no mention of offering care for non-addiction-related problems. "We are not able to comment on that," a spokesman for the facility told us Friday.

But an insider at a noted rehab facility told us most reputable treatment centers wouldn't admit someone without an addiction problem. "These are not recuperation spas," our source said. "These are not places you go because you sprained your ankle and want to lay low for 30 days."

Tyler's rehab reasoning comes on the heels of Kirsten Dunst's statement that she entered a rehab facility last year to treat "depression," adding "depression is pretty serious and should not be gossiped about."

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