SEPT NIBJ: NAMI makes sure families are not alone

Participants at a past NAMI Walk in Sandpoint.
Photo courtesy NAMI FAR NORTH

NAMI Far North officials staff a booth at a past NAMI Walk in Sandpoint.
Photo courtesy NAMI FAR NORTH

by DR. DAWN MEHRA, DVM / Contributing Writer
| August 25, 2026 1:00 AM

The call woke them from a dead sleep.

Their 19-year-old daughter was in Eugene, Oregon, in the middle of a psychotic episode. After a frightening series of events, she had landed in jail.

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