John moderates Breaking the Stigma, a panel on addiction and mental health with guests Gemma Baker (creator of CBS’s Mom), Dr. Corey Waller (specialist in pain, addiction and emergency medicine), Dr. Holly Daniels (specialist in eating disorders and mental health issues), and journalist Zachary Siegel.

We discuss how addiction and mental health issues are portrayed in film and TV, more authentic ways of telling these stories, and how writers and creators can take care of their own mental health.

In our bonus segment for premium members, Drew joins John to talk about the etiquette of thank you notes and follow-up emails.

Links:

• Episode 412 – Transcript
• Hollywood, Health & Society – USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center
• Eighth Grade
• 6 Balloons
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narcan
• Gemma Baker
• Dr. Holly Daniels
• Dr. Corey Waller on Twitter
• Zachary Siegel on Substack and Twitter
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• Craig Mazin on Threads and Instagram
• John August on Threads, Instagram and Twitter
• John on Mastodon
• Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
• This episode was originally produced by Megana Rao. Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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