App Utilizes AI To Help Everyone Assess and Improve Their Mental Health
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Increasingly, we recognize that mental health is like physical health. It must be regularly assessed and treated. Still, we in the west often assume that it is a problem only in the most developed countries.
In fact, not surprisingly, mental health issues plague every country from rich to poor without regard to income.
Sachin Chaudhry, an Ashoka Fellow, has developed an app using AI to help regularly assess mental health. The app can even be used to help people maintain a healthier mental outlook.
Interview with Sachin Chaudhry, the Founder/CEO of TrustCircle.
The following is the pre-interview with Sachin Chaudhry. Be sure to watch the recorded interview above.
For-profit/Nonprofit: For-profit
Revenue model: TrustCircle is revenue positive and many key revenue generating projects are in pipeline globally. Enterprise Subscription Model – B2B / B2G (Cost Per User OR Fixed Cost Multi Year Contracts). Individuals – Uber for Wellbeing – On Demand Counseling Sessions- Pay Per Use.
Scale: TrustCircle work focused on Prevention and Early Intervention is now endorsed by The WHO Collaborating Research Centre for Mental Health in India and by the Global Mental Health Researchers from India, UK, and Canada. The researchers see TrustCircle solution as the first of its kind in LMICs that can now be scaled globally in every school, college, and university to help improve emotional wellbeing for our youth and young adults. Refer The WHO Research Partner published Research Outcomes – https://trustcircle.co/research TrustCircle in collaboration with SCARF – The WHO research partner, has developed community-based interventions for early identification of psychosis, depression, and anxiety among 30,000 adolescents and young adults that are implemented in over 20 schools, colleges in Chennai, India and the solution is ready to deployed globally. At-Risk Individuals are getting identified early and getting early interventions before it is too late. Based on the success of this research study TrustCircle has joined forces with Warwick University – UK. We are also joining forces with Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, USA and The University of Britsh Columbia – Canada. TrustCircle is creating a movement to help improve emotional resilience & well-being within communities globally with a focus on Prevention & Early Intervention that has garnered support and partnerships from the global organizations such as The WHO partners – SCARF, Dr. Reddy Foundation, The Getch Foundation, The Ashoka, Tata Trusts, Movement for Global Mental Health, Partnerships for Change, Mental health Innovation Network – The WHO project, The Warwick University – UK. The Wayne State University, USA, The University of British Columbia, Canada and more. TrustCircle has also been recognized by The World Innovation Summit for Health as one of the top 20 healthcare innovators globally. The Mental Health Innovation Network (The WHO Initiative) has highlighted TrustCircle as an innovation in global mental health. TrustCircle is funded by TATA TRUSTS – Foundation for Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship and also became the first mental health app in Africa, to provide free assessment tests and community support. TrustCircle Founder, Sachin Chaudhry has been recognized for his selfless passion, purpose, path, and impact thus far. He has been appointed as the Global Advisor – Movement for Global Mental Health 2017-2020 and also has been recognized as The Ashoka Fellow – The ChangeMaker Innovator for the Public. Sachin has recently been nominated for the coveted Schwab Fellowship as well. In addition to our existing partners, the demand for TrustCircle services is now coming in from Govt. Corporations, NGOs, Schools, Universities, Research partners globally and hence we are actively seeking capital with purpose to serve this growing demand.
What is the problem you solve and how do you solve it?
The decline in emotional wellbeing is one of the worst problems our society is facing today and is leading to a global epidemic. With huge mental health care gap, stigma, lack of trustworthy resources and access to care – this epidemic presents an opportunity for call to action with urgency and for creative solutions that can bridge this gap at scale.
TrustCircle is on a mission to serve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3 – Improve health and wellbeing for all – by empowering 1 billion individuals by 2040 with emotional resilience and wellbeing utilizing Prevention, Early Intervention, and Public Health approach.
YourStory article: yourstory.com/2017/07/trustcircle/
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More about TrustCircle:
Twitter: @trustcircle
Facebook: facebook.com/trustcircleco
Website: trustcircle.co/
TrustCircle is a mental health care startup that utilizes mobile & AI technology to improve emotional resilience & well-being for all by focussing on Prevention & Early Intervention. TrustCircle is unique in the fact that it empowers all individuals to assess, track, and learn about their emotional well-being, gain access to on-demand care, and community support anytime, anywhere – anonymously. Organizations, cities, counties, and states can leverage TrustCircle’s data-driven model to identify high-risk population segments/areas and take proactive action to promote health & well-being within their community.
Sachin Chaudhry. Photo Credit: TrustCircle
Sachin Chaudhry’s bio:
Twitter: @sachinupenn
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/sachinch/
Sachin Chaudhry is an Ashoka Fellow and the Founder / CEO of TrustCircle, a mental health care startup that utilizes mobile & AI technology to improve emotional resiliency and well-being for all. TrustCircle is unique in the fact that it empowers both individuals and organizations to focus on prevention, early intervention, and community care model that fosters health & wellness.
TrustCircle has been recognized by the Mental Health Innovation Network (The WHO Initiative) as an innovation in global mental health. The Wharton Business School has highlighted TrustCircle’s efforts in its Global Impact Portfolio, and called it – ‘Ground Breaking Health Care’. TrustCircle is funded by TATA TRUSTS – Foundation for Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship and also became the first mental health app in Africa,to provide free assessment tests and community support.
Sachin also serves on the International Advisory Board of the ‘Movement for Global Mental Health’ — 2017-2020. Sachin has represented TrustCircle @The United Nations as an official delegate for the last two consecutive years, to support United Nations sustainable development goals – SDG 3.4, to promote mental health and well-being.
Sachin after spending almost two decades in the technology space leading both tech startups and large organizations – in IT strategy and operations has now turned Social Entrepreneur. Sachin has had first-hand experience in caregiving and has turned around his adversity into a mission via TrustCircle. Sachin holds a Bachelors in Computer Science & Engineering, and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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