The future of healing from combat PTSD, with the help of artificial intelligence
KSAT-12 News Special: "50 Years After the Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio"
Apr 16, 2025
This article is part of KSAT’s special, “50 Years After The Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio,” highlighting how the war in Vietnam affected veterans in the Alamo City and South Texas. In preparation for this special, KSAT journalists attended part of the 9th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference presented in October 2024 by the STRONG STAR Consortium and UT Health San Antonio to learn about the latest advances in treating combat-related PTSD and other military psychological health conditions. In this interview, Philip Held, PhD, of Rush University Medical Center, one of the conference presenters, explains how an AI tool called “Socrates 2.0” assists in PTSD therapy.