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The Burden of Autonomy: Ethical Concerns Among Active Therapeutic Users of Generative AI for Emotional and Mental Health Support

2026-03-13

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<p>Introduction: The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has provided opportunities for the general public to use for emotional and mental health support (EMS), despite the absence of regulatory oversight for most uses. While ethical concerns have been raised by experts in mental health and ethics, little is known regarding how users with lived experiences of using GenAI for mental health may percei...

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Literature Corpus work: 1d30e809-31c0-5a22-96b7-abb9238127f4
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/dmuky_v1

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