Mental health in the Agentic Era: anxiety, loneliness, meaning

Key Points

• The paper explores how the Agentic Era contributes to mental health issues like anxiety and loneliness, emphasizing the human need for meaning.
• Articulated an epidemiological diagnosis relating to mental health and AI.
• Distinguished between algorithmic dependence and mediated loneliness.
• Proposed a framework for responsible agentic therapy within the Qualitas Doctrine.
• Identified the mental health crisis as a structural consequence of AI-infused workplaces.
• Emphasized that meaninglessness emerges as a significant issue in an increasingly automated society.
• Provided public policy recommendations tailored for Latin American contexts.

Abstract