Veteran Turned Entrepreneur - AI Can Solve The PTSD Crisis: 350 Million People Globally, Drones, Moral Injury, Active War zones, Civilian PTSD
Episode 8 of Season 2. PTSD wasn't something I knew a lot about before sitting down to have this conversation with Tom. Now the crisis is clear: 350 million people worldwide are suffering from PTSD, with 200,000 of those choosing to end everything, every year.That's why Tom founded Sentra AI. To provide more support through Technology and AI to a global mental health system that is struggling. Here is the breakdown of our conversation: 00:00 - Intro.
01:47 - The Data and Facts of the Global PTSD Crisis.
04:08 - What is PTSD? What do we know about it?
08:12 - How is moral injury a rising problem in both war zones and civilian life?
14:16 - What are the current support systems, and why aren't they working?
17:52 - How Sentra is using conversational AI, machine learning, data privacy, and technology to fight the PTSD problem.
24:54 - How can we stop people from becoming dependent on AI? The AI love problem.
29:15 - What does Sentra phase 2/the future look like for PTSD support.
31:39 - What new forms of warfare create new PTSD problems.
38:07 - What's the end goal for Sentra/are we, as a society, ready for this?
As always, we want to hear from you. Let us know in the comments what you think about the topics we discussed in this episode, and let's keep the conversation going.If we get enough questions, I'll follow up with Tom to answer them. Also consider following if you want to continue to break through the hype of AI, Data and Tech to find out what work is being done by brilliant experts and entrepreneurs. Here are the links: To follow Sentra directly: https://getsentra.ai/Tom on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-sherwood1/And if you, or anyone you know, has been effected by the topics we've discussed today and you need support: https://combatstress.org.uk/https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/programs/mental-wellness/veteran-ptsd-treatment-support-resourcesFor immediate action call: 988 for US helpline116 123 for UK Samaritans