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Sept NIBJ: NAMI Far North’s unique approach to solving the area's mental health crisis

by JACK FREEMAN/NIBJ Staff Writer
| August 26, 2025 1:00 AM

The son of Dr. Dawn Mehra, DVM, spent his 21st birthday in a psych ward at Kootenai Health Behavioral Health in Coeur d’Alene. 

When he suffered a psychotic event two years earlier, Mehra’s family was thrown into a world filled with unknowns, concerns and isolation. Those feelings of isolation and grief drove their lives, searching for answers and treatment. 

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