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Been a big change and frightening one. >> with no more teachers and friends to stimulate language skills, eric is losing the speech he gained in school. >> he cannot sit in the -- so he can't sit in the circle. >> he is sleeping 12 or 13 hours. drifting in and out of his room. singing to himself a lot. talking to himself a lot. really regressing into his own world. withdraw. >> eric's mother has explored free day programs offered by the state known as day habs. she doesn't like what she has seen. >> what did you see? >> i saw rooms full of people with heads on their tables and wandering around...

>> reporter: with no more teachers and friends to stimulate his language skills, eric is already losing some of the speech he gained in school. >> so she can't sit in a sofa. circle. >> sofa or circle? >> circle. so he, so she can't sit in a so, in a circle. >> he's sleeping 12, 13 hours. kind of drifting in and out of his room, singing to himself a lot. regressing into his own world. a lot of withdrawal. ♪ >> reporter: eric's mother has explored free day programs offered by the state known as "dayhabs." she didn't like what she saw. what did you see? >> i saw rooms full of people with their...

But i speak across the country about it. ainsley: how long did it take to you get off these drugs. when you make a decision to get off these drugs, how long does it take to you get from that point to healthy again. >> the key -- it's a great question. the key is the treatment piece i talked about. 30 day programs, take new, take your money and dump out out out of 30 days. we need evidence based. we have to stay with that person. we know statistically if we can get the addicted person to the year, then the chances of success, you know, skyrocket. and it's a beautiful thing to see somebody come ...

There are better solutions, day programs where kids can get counseling in big doses, but those are in short supply in many states. wyoming, for example, has six child psychiatrists for its half million population. today, a call for action. a summit on childhood mental health by the american academy of adolescent and child psychiatry. >> yeah, there's a lot we do know. it's just that we don't comprehensively apply what it is we do know. >> reporter: that's because of money? >> yes, i believe so. >> reporter: money that has been shrinking while behind some of those front doors the fears only get...

Summer of 2010, senator jim webb, democrat, wrote, i dedicated my political career to bringing fairness to the economic system and our work force regardless of what people may look like or worship. unfortunately present day programs work against that notion having expanded so far beyond their original purpose that they now favor anyone who does not happen to be white. now, i'm not asking you to weigh in on affirmative action, but is that the underlying sentiment that you're talking about here among working class white people? >> i think it is. you know, i am going to stay in the camp that says...