These cases are considered to further increase the psychological understanding of the human mind. Sometimes these case studies come in the form of a single case and sometimes with more than one case to study. Not all odd cases become clinical case studies. The formula followed is that cases are included on the basis of replication as opposed to including them on the basis of sampling.

A case study to be a successful case study must be able to showcase results that hold good and that can be used to further the psychological knowledge of the world. This is kept in mind as it proves out to be really helpful. This method has proved to show a few pros and cons. The case study methods have proved useful in contributing to develop novel hypotheses that could be used down the line for further research. It also gives the psychological world the larger picture of cases that can be studied to widen the study of psychology.

Case studies, on the other hand, do not really enable one to define the cause and the effect of the findings well enough for their finding to hold good, at least not always. Furthermore, with most clinical case studies you’d usually find the odd ones out. These conditions and findings cannot be generalized for a larger number of people on their basis.   

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