Orsi, Francesco, juhendajaBar, Monika JoannaTartu Ülikool. Humanitaarteaduste ja kunstide valdkondTartu Ülikool. Filosoofia osakond2021-06-272021-06-27202120.03.01 BAR 01http://hdl.handle.net/10062/72720This paper examines the implications of the recent research on psychedelic substances and their effects on mental health. Specifically, the paper analyzes the findings concerning the correlation between a particular state of consciousness reliably induced by ingestion of psychedelics – the so-called “mystical experience” – and long-term improvements in mental health. The central thesis pursued is that the “self-model” of mental suffering – the view that mental illness should be understood primarily as part of that flow of subjective experience that human consciousness and selfhood are grounded in – best accommodates the evidence from psychedelic research, which indicates that the therapeutic effects of psychedelics are achieved through a profound alteration in the conscious self.engopenAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalphilosophymental disordersdepressionanxietymagistritöödfilosoofiapsüühikahäireddepressioonärevusThesis