The habitus - embodied history, internalized as a second nature and soforgotten as history - is the active presence of the whole past of which itis the product.

In each one of us, in differing degrees, is contained the person we wereyesterday, and indeed, in the nature of things it is even true that our pastpersonae predominate in us, since the p resent is necessarily insignificantwhen compared with the long period of the past because of which we haveemerged in the form we have toda

observing people in a variety of social situation

A mannormally closes his fist with the thumb outside, a woman with herthumb inside

technique an action which is effective and traditional

What takes place is a prestigious imitation. Thechild, the adult, imitates actions which have succeeded and which hehas seen successfully performed by people in whom he has confidenceand who have authority over him.

Another example: there are polite and impolite positions for the handsat rest.

I stilldo this: I cannot get rid of my technique

have seenswimming techniques undergo a change, in our generation's life-time

Getting o the drugs is exceedingly dicult, according to Whitaker,because when they are withdrawn the compensatory mechanisms areleft unopposed

The number of people treated fordepression tripled in the following ten years, and about 10 percent ofAmericans over age six now take antidepressants.

The tally of those who are so disabledby mental disorders that they qualify forSupplemental Security Income (SSI) or SocialSecurity Disability Insurance (SSDI)increased nearly two and a half timesbetween 1987 and 2007—from one in 184Americans to one in seventy-six

Theincrease was more marked in the 1987-1997 period (220%increase, from 0.73% to 2.33%) than the 1998-2007 period (22%increase, from 2.37% to 2.88%)

The prevalence of common mental disorders was 10.9% inmen and 18.1% in women in 1993, while it was 11.8% and18.9%, respectively, in 2007

The UK has since 1948 provided universal health care freeat the point of need, funded through central taxation,

By 2011,Canada ranked third among OECD countries (behind Australiaand Iceland) in antidepressant consumption

Australia has had increasing resources allocated to mentalhealth care, with an increased mental health workforce,increased use of antidepressants and, more recently, increasedprovision of psychological therapies, including e-therapy

In industrialized countries,36-50% of serious cases are untreated in the previous year,whereas in developing countries the situation is even worse,with 76-86% untreate

focus its efforts on creating long-term solutions to the issue by investing in specialized and therapeutic foster homes

She said the stubbornly high number of children who remain at psychiatric hospitals is both a reflection of their mental health needs and the lack of services that could prevent hospitalization

In addition, some children become the state’s responsibility after their families, often desperate to get them the mental health services they cannot afford or provide, leave them at a psychiatric hospital instead of bringing them home when they are ready for release.

He called the hospitalizations “illegal” and “inhumane.”

The number of psychiatric admissions that went beyond medical necessity first spiked in 2015, going from 88 the year before to 246. It continued to climb, reaching 301 in 2017

For 45 minutes or so, he was able to feel the sun on his face.

Some residential facilities had documented histories of abuse and assault by employees and, in some cases, DCFS stopped sending children to them. Others couldn’t continue to operate at the rates the state was paying and had to shutter their programs.

But the days beyond medical necessity started to pile up as the department searched for a residential facility that would accept him.

DCFS matched him with three facilities, but two of them had six-month waiting lists.

Any long-term treatment is supposed to occur elsewhere, during appointments with outside doctors or at residential treatment centers, where psychiatrists and therapists have time to develop relationships with the child and address the deeper issues that led to the hospitalization and DCFS’s involvement

nearly 75 years — waiting and watching the outside world from behind the thick panes of hospital safety windows because DCFS has too few beds in other facilities where they could be more appropriately treated.

“It’s appalling. These are real kids the state is responsible for,” said Charles Golbert, the acting public guardian — the public official whose office advocates for children in state care — for Cook County, which encompasses Chicago. “To spend this much time in a psychiatric hospital after you’ve been stabilized and need to be in a caring placement, not a hospital, is wholly unacceptable.”