While psychology refers to the study of the mind, clinical psychology specifically refers to that branch of the discipline that focuses on using psychology to create positive change, whether in individual lives or in the community as a whole. There is a wide variety of topics you could approach in your thesis, depending on what topic interests you the most.
Topic Ideas
- The diagnosis of mental disorders in children: how young is too young to diagnose and does a diagnosis turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy for young children?
- Diagnosing the non-patient: with many in the mental health fields suggesting that President Trump may have one or more mental illnesses or disorders, the question of whether it is appropriate for a mental health professional to diagnose a non-patient has become more topical than ever before.
- Is the growing fascination with serial killers and murderers in general, itself, a sign of mental illness?
- Can you fix a narcissist? Unraveling treatment modes for the current “it” diagnosis.
- Many Americans self-reported an increase in depression and anxiety during the Trump Administration but were these anecdotal reports of increases in mental distress supported by increasing numbers of people seeking mental health service.
- Suicide is the most common type of homicide in the country, but it is rarely discussed. What is at the root of the taboo of discussing suicide.
- Americans seem to be really struggling with anger. Is there something about American society that fosters or foments anger, and, if so, is there a societal solution to the problem.
- Mob mentality and social media: have social networks helped increase mob behaviors?
- If mental disorders and diseases are commonly rooted in childhood, is it possible to truly fix adults?
- Racism involves an illogical response to people based on the color of their skin or other racial identifiers; given that it is…
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