Bipolar Disorder in the African American Community: Actress Jenifer Lewis

As someone who was trained as a psychotherapist, spent over 20 years working in the helping professions and has been exposed to the labeling and over pathologizing that often occurs both in and around the helping professions, I have learned to be wary and suspicious and critical of all the mental health diagnoses that are out there and all the ways we can marginalize and otherize people through the application of mental health diagnostics. I am very conscious of all of this. I work hard to combat it even though I am no longer a practicing psychotherapist. That all being said, I found this clip to be informative, funny, and educational on some important levels.