Kids' mental health care faces 'perfect storm'
Dr. Hinah Parker gives Stella Bobbitt a checkup at Kootenai Health. Pediatricians have taken on a lot of mental and behavioral health responsibilities in recent years due to a lack of providers in North Idaho.
Photo courtesy of Kootenai Health
Kayden Buynak, 4, reads a poster during a visit to Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics.
Dr. Nichole Buynak helps 6-month-old Harper Krantz stand on the patient table at Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics.
COEUR d’ALENE — Idaho is facing a crisis. With a lack of mental and behavioral health providers for children that reflects the population size, a problem growing prior to the pandemic has snowballed into a larger problem....
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