Dottie has two upcoming speaking opportunities.

On September 11, she will be the keynote speaker at the NAMI Anne Arundel County 2013 Fall Author’s Mental Health Lecture and Forum at the Woods Memorial Church in Severna Park, MD. This event is in honor of 2013 National Suicide Prevention Week.

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On October 1, she will be the keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Mental Health Symposium at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Ft Myers, FL. This event is presented by Hope Clubhouse of Southwest FL, Inc.
http://www.hopeclubhouse.org/Home_Page.html

Dottie’s editorial “Bipolar Disorder and Medication Compliance” was published on Ground Report.

Bipolar Disorder and Medication Compliance

The Guardian Newspaper UK published Dottie’s op-ed “Mental Illness and Gun Control” in its June 22, 2013 edition.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/dottie-pacharis

The Wall Street Journal published Dottie’s “Letter to the Editor” in its Saturday, June 15, 2013 edition. (Scroll down to the third letter by Dottie Pacharis, West River, MD.)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324188604578541682190584940.html

Dottie’s editorial, “Right to Mental Illness Can End Lives,” was published in the June 6, 2013 Washington Times.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/6/right-to-mental-illness-can-end-lives/print/

The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, is doing a series of stories about mental illness. The reporter, Jennifer Hawes, featured Scotty’s story in her 6/2/13 editorial about the long waits in ER where the severely mentally ill stay longer waiting for a bed to become available in a mental health facility.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130602/PC16/130609880/1005/long-er-wait-leads-to-son-x2019-s-final-hospitalization