A special mental illness forum is set for Doctors Hospital of Manteca Wednesday from 6 until 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Center on the North Street campus.

The national Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is sponsoring the program to educate the public on the various levels of mental illness and illustrating what can be done to offer aid to Manteca area residents.

Nicole Kunnanz and Michael Fields will head up the presentation with life experiences and how issues were met effectively with the appropriate medical treatments.

Statistics show that about five million people annually suffer from acute episodes of brain disorders.