Psychiatry Thesis/Dissertation Topics for MD/DNB.​

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1. Depression in patients with stroke: a prospective study.
2. Soft neurological signs in patients with schizophrenia: a prospective study.
3. Postpartum depression: prevalence, risk factors and management strategy.
4. Depression in family members of patients with alcohol dependence.
5. Suicide: risk factors and prevention strategy.
6. Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with chronic kidney diseases.
7. Psychiatric comorbidity and socioeconomic status.
8. Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with HIV.
9. Anxiety disorder in medical students.
10. Risk factors and management of panic attacks.
11. Modalities of treatment in alcohol dependence.
12. Modalities of treatment in nicotine dependence.
13. Substance abuse amongst street children.
14. Psychiatric comorbidities in unmarried, divorced or separated elders.
15. Sleep disturbance in patients with depression.
16. Cognitive impairment in patients with epilepsy.
17. Insights into neuropsychology of schizophrenia.
18. Depression and personality disorders in patients with serious skin disorders.
19. Depression in patients with facial disfigurement following accidents.
20. Psychology of suicide attempters.
21. Depression in patients following hemiplegia.
22. Psychiatric comorbidity in patients following spinal trauma.
23. Postnatal depression: risk factors and clinical features.
24. Depression in patients with erectile dysfunction.
25. Psychological comorbidity in failed love.
26. Depression in patients with congestive heart failure.
27. Impact of life-threatening illnesses on psychology of the patients.
28. Study of high-risk behaviour in patients with substance abuse.
29. Chronic medical illnesses and psychiatric morbidity.
30. Prevalence of delirium in kidney disease patients: a one-year observational study.
31. Transcranial direct current stimulation as an adjunct on craving in patients of uncomplicated alcohol dependence syndrome: a single-blind, randomized controlled study.
32. Study of clinical profile and short-term outcomes of dissociative disorder in children and adolescents: an observational study in a tertiary care centre.
33. Study of religiosity, coping skills and their impact on depression in cancer patients: a cross-sectional descriptive study.
34. Rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine compared with modified electroconvulsive therapy in patients with severe depressive episode: a randomized controlled trial.
35. The impact of depression on treatment compliance in patients with type II diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.
36. Assessment of sexual satisfaction in wives of patients with epilepsy: a cross-sectional study.
37. A short-term prospective study of the effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on ECG parameters.
38. Sexual dysfunction among females receiving psychotropic medication: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.
39. Neurocognitive deficits in patients of schizophrenia and first-degree relatives of patients of schizophrenia.
40. Descriptive study of sleep disorders in psychiatric patients: a cross-sectional study.
41. Psychological dissection of patients having dissociative symptoms: a cross-sectional study.
42. Prevalence and clinical characteristics of unipolar mania and their comparison with bipolar mania: a one-year cross-sectional study.
43. Patterns and prevalence of psychiatric illnesses presenting to emergency department: a one-year hospital-based cross-sectional study.
44. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders in children with idiopathic epilepsy: a cross-sectional study.
45. Prevalence of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in patients with bipolar affective disorder: a one-year hospital-based cross-sectional study.
46. Study of psychiatric problems among children with poor academic performance.
47. Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in middle-aged adults with type II diabetes mellitus and its clinical correlates.
48. Prevalence and clinical correlates of depression among patients of chronic kidney disease in a tertiary care hospital.
49. Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in alcohol use disorders in men: a case-control study.
50. Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and assessment of quality of life and coping skills in women suffering from infertility: a one-year hospital-based cross-sectional study.
51. Assessment of psychiatric morbidities among mothers of children with cleft lip and palate: a one-year hospital-based cross-sectional study.
52. Prevalence of adult ADHD in a rural population: a one-year community-based cross-sectional study.
53. Assessment of sexual satisfaction in wives of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder: a one-year hospital-based cross-sectional study.
54. Role of brief yoga therapy as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy in patients with uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal: an open-label randomised controlled trial.
55. Assessment of recovery in patients with schizophrenia: a 1-year cross-sectional hospital-based study.
56. Incidence of prolonged motor and EEG seizures in electroconvulsive therapy: a 1-year cross-sectional hospital-based study.
57. Assessment of uric acid levels in agitated mania and other agitated non-affective psychotic disorders: a one-year hospital-based comparative study.
58. Study of internet addiction and its impact on quality of sleep and academic performance in health sciences students: a descriptive study.
59. Capacity assessment of consent for hospitalization in patients suffering from functional psychosis: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.
60. Content analysis of advance directives written by patients with severe mental illness in remission: a descriptive study.
61. Patterns of mental health disorder in emergency department of a tertiary care hospital during nationwide lockdown.
62. Perception and attitude towards mental illness in antenatal mothers in a rural population: a cross-sectional study.
63. Prevalence of undiagnosed and untreated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in men with alcohol dependence: a case-control study.
64. Study of somatic complaints among children with poor academic performance.
65. Causative factors and phenomenology of depression in epilepsy: a review.
66. Iatrogenic dependence of anabolic-androgenic steroids in a non-athletic woman.
67. Pulmonary thromboembolism associated with clozapine.
68. Catatonia: a rare presenting symptom of Wilson's disease.
69. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): a case-control study.
70. Mania associated with complicated hereditary spastic paraparesis.
71. Short-term outcome of mothers with severe mental illness admitted to a mother-baby unit.
72. Somatization and conversion disorders in children and adolescents.
73. Clinical pharmacist assessment in monitoring and resolving the adverse drug reactions in bipolar disorder patients: a prospective, observational study at a tertiary care teaching hospital.
74. Prevalence of specific learning disabilities among primary school children.
75. Psychosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
76. Study of clonazepam in the treatment of essential palatal tremors: a prospective study.
77. Safe administration of modified ECTs in a patient with ventricular septal defect.
78. A study of subjects with intentional self-harm referred to psychiatry in a tertiary care hospital.
79. Study of emotional disorders among children with poor academic performance.
80. Study on temperament of scholastically backward children.
81. Children with unexplained physical symptoms referred to psychiatry: a descriptive study.
82. Depression in Parkinson's disease: a prospective study.
83. Etizolam: use and safety profile in children and adolescents.
84. Utility of Geriatric Depression Scale-15 for assessment of depression among elderly: a cross-sectional study.
85. Determinants of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
86. Family functioning in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case-control study.
87. Expressed emotions in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case-control study.
88. Efficacy of social skill training in patients with chronic schizophrenia: an interventional study.
89. Randomized clinical trial of yoga-based intervention in residents from elderly homes: effects on cognitive function.
90. Effects of yoga intervention on sleep and quality of life in elderly: a randomized controlled trial.
91. Comparison of demographic profile of patients with schizophrenia and depression.
92. A cross-sectional descriptive study of prevalence and nature of psychiatric referrals from intensive care units in a multispecialty hospital.
93. Psychiatric morbidity amongst hospitalized burns patients: a one-year descriptive study.