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"It's not just the medical care.

They're Indians.

I feel comfortable here.

They really care about me.

I'm not just a number." The Santa Barbara clinic is available to some 7,000 American Indians living in Ventura County.

But the facility and others like it would be closed or have services drastically reduced under the Bush administration's proposed 2007 budget.

For American Indians like Lavis, the cuts could mean having to travel hundreds of miles for treatment, scrambling to find new providers or simply going without healthcare.

"We are far more than just a health center," clinic Executive Director Alfred Granados said.

"We provide culturally sensitive, unduplicated services for American Indians that public health simply would not be able to match." Urban health programs cut The administration's proposed budget earmarks $3.2 billion for the U.S.

Indian Health Service — an overall increase of 4 percent — but eliminates all funding for its urban health program on which the Santa Barbara clinic and 33 others nationwide depend.

The 2007 budget goes into effect Oct.

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The cuts are part of the administration's increasing emphasis on the Indian Health Service's primary focus — reservation hospitals and clinics.

Officials at the agency's headquarters in Rockville, Md., said patients at the urban clinics can find services elsewhere.

"Unlike Indian people living in isolated rural areas, urban Ind...

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In her new book titled, “Should You Medicate Your Child’s Mind?

” recently released at Amazon.com.

and other book sellers, Canyon Lake resident and physician/psychiatrist Dr.

Elizabeth Roberts explains the risks and benefits of medicating and not medicating children.

She also demystifies and simplifies the process of separating psychiatric illness from the other more common behavioral patterns in children, particularly willfulness, answering the following questions: How is a parent to know which behaviors are bio-chemical and which are simply the result of willfulness?

When should a parent seek a child psychiatrist’s help in medicating their child?

How can you find a doctor you can trust?

When is it more appropriate to use behavioral techniques?

Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Elizabeth’s professional insight helps families wade through the contradictory recommendations the media, the Internet, teachers, relatives, friends and neighbors, and non-specialist doctors provide.

The author and her husband, Tom Jozaitis, moved to Canyon Lake four years ago after their youngest daughter graduated from high school.

“We were very tired of Chicago weather so we decided on Southern California for its climate and because we had a close friend in Palm Springs,” says Tom.

“Since we wanted to be within driving distance of Elizabeth’s work as Medical Director at the Children’s Emergency Services Unit in Riverside (CESU), we pu...

...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b and their families has landed in the courtroom.Debra and Mark Meehl of The Meehl Foundation broke ground on the bed-and-breakfast style facility on CR 677 in Brazoria in January.

The 3,800-square-foot site would offer educational and resource information to families of those with ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b and depression, and it would not function as a treatment center, owners have said.However, some residents near the site aren’t welcoming their new neighbors with open arms.The residents argue the facility violates deed restrictions for the Carlton Acres Subdivision, where restrictions limit land use to single-family residences, according to a court document.“It’s not going to be used as a single-family dwelling,” said Keith Vaughn, attorney for the plaintiffs, who include Alfred Wise Jr., Katherine Wise and several others.His clients aren’t trying to halt construction, as long as the Meehls build a house, Vaughn said.The group of residents filed a request for an injunction restraining the Meehls and their foundation from operating the facility for any purpose other than a single-family residence, and have asked for a temporary restraining order directing them to stop further construction or promotion of the property for purposes other than a single-family residence.District Judge Pat Sebesta extended and modified a temporary restraining order Wednesday allowing property improvements to continue with the understanding the Meehls know they are doing so at their own per...