Analyze Scripts

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are back again with our friend and child/adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Zheala Qayyum, MD MMSc to continue our Harry Potter series journey! In this episode we analyze book three which is a fan favorite. We see so much development in the trio as they come fa...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are analyzing the hit 2016 Disney movie “Moana” starring Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. We LOVE this movie!! In this episode, we break down why we think Moana is one of the best disney princesses ever and we use her character to discuss th...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are discussing and advocating for the children and teens who have been impacted by the Troubled Teen Industry. The three part series on Netflix, “The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping,” directed by Katherine Kubler, follows former classmates from the A...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we revisit Seattle Grace Hospital as we analyze the first season of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Although the show gets some obvious stuff wrong (no intern sees the light of day!!), we were both impressed at how well they captured the emotional intensity of intern year...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are preparing you for our upcoming episodes in April 2024! We are excited for you to watch along with us!  April 1st- "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1 (Netflix & Hulu)  April 8th - "The Program" (Netflix) April 15th - "Moana" (Disney+) April 22nd -...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are super excited to analyze one of our new favorite shows “Beef” created by Korean-American director Lee Sung Jin for Netflix . This series swept the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards with individual awards going to Ali Wong and Steven Yeun for portraying the m...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are covering the 2024 Oscar Winner for Best Picture, Oppenheimer. This movie had stunning cinematography and world class actors, Christopher Nolan was fantastic at casting (shout out Josh Peck) for the leads and supporting cast. In this episode we discuss...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are diving into our analysis of Love is Blind S6, a popular reality TV show on Netflix. In this episode we focus on the ethics of the self proclaimed "experiment" that arguably only could get it right once, i.e. Lauren and Cameron and Barnett and Amb...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are diving into our analysis of Love is Blind S6, a popular reality TV show on Netflix. In this episode we focus on the ethics of the self proclaimed "experiment" that arguably only could get it right once, i.e. Lauren and Cameron and Barnett and Amber of...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are analyzing both the 2004 and 2024 films. We diagnose and discuss Regina George, Cady Heron, Karen, Gretchen, Janis, Damian and of course Regina's mother. We also talk about how some of the characters would show up to therapy and some recommended treatm...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are preparing you for our upcoming episodes in March 2024! We are excited for you to watch along with us!  March 4th - "Mean Girls" vs. "Mean Girls" (stream & theater)  March 11th - "Love is Blind" (Netflix) March 18th - "Oppenheimer" (theat...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses potentially triggering topics including suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders. Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are rereleasing one of our favorite episodes. As two dancers, Dr. Furey and Portia were thrilled to revisit the 2010 psychological th...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses potentially triggering topics that may include, but may not be limited to, abuse, harassment, substance use, disordered eating, self-harm, and/or suicide. Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are analyzing the 2023 Netflix film "May/December" starring...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. In this rereleased episode, we are on the edge of our seats discussing Season 3 of "You," especially that Taylor Swift song at the end! This show just gets better and better! In this episode, we explore Love and Joe's early attachment with baby Henry and wonder if...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are joined by triple board certified psychiatrist, Dr. Mirza. We collectively cried while watching The Iron Claw over the holidays while it was in theaters. This movie tells the mostly true story of the Von Erich family who rose to fame through their fami...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. In this rereleased episode, we are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Tobias Wasser, a forensic psychiatrist from Yale University, in analyzing the 2010 film "Shutter Island." Dr. Wasser explains how forensic psychiatry bridges the gap between the criminal justice and me...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we're absolutely annihilating the 2004 film "The Notebook." I bet we all remember where we were when we saw Rachel and Ryan reenact that steamy kiss at the MTV Movie Awards! As adults with fully formed frontal lobes and years of therapy experience, we have a...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are rereleasing our episode analyzing "White Lotus" Season 2. In this season we follow Tanya and Greg to beautiful Sicily where the water is a dreamy blue and the passion red hot. This season has received 23 Emmy nominations and we think they deserve them...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are thrilled to speak with Dr. Z, an expert in the field on narcissism. We look at Oliver Quick through our mental health lens and debate sociopathy versus narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Elspeth, Farleigh, Felix and Venetia are discussed, too, a...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are rereleasing our episode covering "White Lotus" Season 1. Who doesn't love this show?! In this episode, we dig into the toxic interpersonal dynamics depicted in all of the relationships amongst the main characters. We spend a lot of time analyzing Tany...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are preparing you for our upcoming episodes in February 2024. We are excited for you to watch along with us!  February 5th - "Saltburn" w/ Dr. Jaime Zuckerman PhD @dr.z_psychologist (Amazon Prime) February 12th - "The Notebook" (Hulu) February 19 - "...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are happily joined once again by Dr. Zheala Qayyum, child & adolescent psychiatrist extraordinaire and medical director of Emergency Psychiatry Services at Boston Children's Hospital, to analyze the second "Harry Potter" movie. In this film, we begin...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are rereleasing one of our favorite episodes where we were joined by one of Dr. Furey's favorite teachers from residency, Dr. Zheala Qayyum. Dr. Qayyum is the Training Director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program and the Medical Dir...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are releasing a short bonus episode where Dr. Furey discusses her recent THRILLING experience as a guest on Bitch Sesh/Garbage Sesh. Discussing mental healths themes as depicted in the "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" season finale with her favorite ho...

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are diving into the controversial 2009 movie, "The Blind Side." This movie tells the story of pro footballer Michael Oher through the Tuohy's perspective. The content of the film has recently been revealed as an inaccurate and harmful narrative that confl...