Idris Mitchell | Decolonizing Mental Health

How Idris Mitchell’s bipolar disorder put him in an eternal pursuit of beauty and joy. More

Idris Mitchell did everything there was to do on the Yale campus, until a diagnosis of bipolar disorder made him miss his finals, lose the perfect 4.0 and feel invisible. What does success mean to a Black queer man who had to be kept away from his pens? How does he turn around and adapt to a constant process of grieving for his previous self, while always being in pursuit of beauty and joy?

AIR DATE 6/10/21