Best-selling author and Academy Award-winning actress Patty Duke will share her personal experience about bipolar disorder and depression at a free event at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple in Oak Park. The event is co-sponsored by Pillars, a nonprofit social service organization in La Grange Park.

Duke’s presentation — aimed at helping raise awareness of the importance of mental health services and a commitment to the elimination of the stigma associated with mental health issues — will be followed by a post-event reception and book signing.

“We are so thrilled to have the renowned Emmy and Oscar awarded actress, who is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness be part of our anti-stigma campaign,” stated Lisa DeVivo, Executive Director for the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township.
 
Other sponsors include: Thresholds, Family Service & Mental Health Center of Oak Park & River Forest, NAMI Metro Suburban, West Suburban PADS, Vital Bridges, Oak Park Township Senior Services, Resurrection Healthcare, Parenthesis, Dominican University School of Social Work, the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township, the River Forest Township Mental Health Committee, Riveredge Hospital, and Eli Lilly and Company.
 
For more information, call Denise Stennis at Family Service & Mental Health Center at (708) 383-7500, ext. 319.