Effective Date: June 26, 2026
Website: Shrink the Script
Contact: contact@shrinkthescript.com
1. Educational Purpose Only
Shrink the Script provides educational commentary, study materials, media analysis, question banks, explanations, discussion prompts, and related resources about psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, mental health, fictional characters, and fictional media portrayals.
All content is provided for general educational, informational, scholarly, and media-literacy purposes only.
2. Independent Personal Educational Project; No Institutional Affiliation
Shrink the Script is a personal educational project and independent media-analysis endeavor. Unless expressly stated in writing, Shrink the Script is not created by, operated by, sponsored by, endorsed by, supervised by, approved by, funded by, or affiliated with any hospital, university, medical school, residency program, clinical training site, healthcare system, employer, institution, professional organization, testing organization, film studio, streaming platform, or rights holder.
Any views, interpretations, commentary, educational materials, study materials, question banks, media analyses, or opinions expressed on Shrink the Script are solely those of Shrink the Script and do not represent the views, policies, curriculum, clinical guidance, standards, recommendations, or official positions of any hospital, university, medical school, residency program, clinical training site, healthcare system, employer, institution, or affiliated organization.
Shrink the Script is not an official rotation resource, official curriculum, institutional policy, patient-care tool, clinical protocol, clinical documentation system, case-consultation platform, or substitute for instruction, supervision, evaluation, or guidance provided by a medical school, residency program, hospital, clinical site, attending physician, supervisor, course director, clerkship director, program director, or other authorized educational or clinical authority.
Access to Shrink the Script by medical students, residents, clinicians, or other learners does not imply institutional endorsement, approval, supervision, or responsibility for the website or its content.
Users remain responsible for following all applicable institutional, hospital, university, school, rotation, professionalism, privacy, confidentiality, and patient-safety rules.
3. No Medical Advice
Shrink the Script does not provide medical advice, psychiatric advice, psychological advice, psychotherapy, diagnosis, treatment recommendations, clinical supervision, emergency services, crisis care, or individualized medical guidance.
Nothing on Shrink the Script should be used to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or manage any medical, psychiatric, psychological, or mental health condition.
4. No Doctor-Patient or Therapist-Client Relationship
Use of Shrink the Script does not create a physician-patient, psychiatrist-patient, therapist-client, psychologist-client, clinician-patient, supervisory, educational-supervisory, or other professional relationship.
No such relationship is created by:
- reading website content;
- purchasing or downloading study materials;
- using question banks;
- submitting comments;
- receiving a reply;
- viewing videos, podcasts, slides, PDFs, or courses;
- interacting with Shrink the Script on social media;
- contacting Shrink the Script by email or other means.
5. Not a Substitute for Professional Care
Shrink the Script is not a substitute for evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, therapy, supervision, or advice from a qualified healthcare professional.
If you have questions about your own health, symptoms, diagnosis, medication, treatment, safety, or care, consult a qualified healthcare professional. If you believe you may be experiencing a medical or psychiatric emergency, contact emergency services immediately.
6. Crisis and Emergency Notice
Shrink the Script may discuss suicide, self-harm, trauma, abuse, violence, addiction, severe mental illness, or other sensitive topics in an educational context.
If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call emergency services now.
In the United States, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If you are outside the United States, contact local emergency services or a crisis resource in your country.
7. Fictional Characters and Media Portrayals
Shrink the Script analyzes fictional characters, fictionalized situations, dramatized portrayals, and media representations for educational purposes.
References to symptoms, diagnoses, treatment concepts, or clinical frameworks are educational interpretations of fictional media portrayals. They are not definitive clinical diagnoses and should not be treated as real patient evaluations.
Shrink the Script does not diagnose actors, filmmakers, public figures, private individuals, patients, documentary subjects, criminal defendants, victims, or other real people.
8. Study Materials and Question Banks
Shrink the Script may provide question banks, explanations, PDFs, slide decks, courses, videos, podcasts, and other educational study resources.
These materials are intended to support learning and review. They are not a substitute for medical school, residency training, clinical supervision, licensing requirements, board guidance, formal coursework, professional judgment, or patient care.
Shrink the Script does not guarantee exam performance, board passage, academic credit, certification, licensure, clinical competence, or professional qualification.
9. Accuracy and Currency
Shrink the Script aims to provide accurate and thoughtful educational content, but medicine, psychiatry, psychology, law, diagnostic frameworks, clinical standards, and educational requirements can change.
Content may become outdated, incomplete, or inaccurate. Shrink the Script does not guarantee that all information is current, complete, or applicable to any specific person, institution, exam, jurisdiction, or clinical setting.
Users should verify important information with current authoritative sources, instructors, supervisors, licensing boards, professional guidelines, and qualified healthcare professionals.
10. No Individualized Responses
Shrink the Script does not provide individualized diagnosis, treatment planning, medication advice, risk assessment, emergency guidance, or personal clinical recommendations through comments, email, social media, forms, or other communications.
Shrink the Script may decline to respond to or may remove comments or messages seeking individualized medical, psychiatric, psychological, legal, or emergency advice.
11. No Affiliation With Testing or Professional Organizations
Unless expressly stated, Shrink the Script is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, approved by, or connected to any medical school, residency program, licensing board, testing organization, professional association, film studio, streaming platform, publisher, or rights holder.
References to educational levels, exam-review contexts, or professional organizations are descriptive only.
12. User Responsibility
You are responsible for how you use Shrink the Script content.
Do not rely on Shrink the Script as your sole source for clinical, educational, academic, exam, licensing, professional, legal, or safety decisions. Use independent judgment and consult appropriate qualified sources.
13. Contact
Questions about this disclaimer may be sent to:
contact@shrinkthescript.com