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Background Major depression (MDD) and social anxiety (SAD) disorders are debilitating psychiatric conditions characterized by disturbed interpersonal relationships. Despite these impairments in social relationships, research has been limited in simultaneously evaluating the dysfunction in MDD or SAD within two aspects of theory of mind (ToM): decoding mental states (i.e., Affective ToM) and reasoning mental states (i.e., cognitive ToM). Taking this into consideration, the current study assesses both decoding and reasoning mental states abilities in MDD, SAD, and healthy controls (HC). Methods Subjects included 37 patients with MDD, 35 patients with SAD, and 35 HCs. ToM was measured with the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) and the Faux Pas Task, which assess decoding and reasoning mental states, respectively. Results Results revealed that in decoding of mental states, both the SAD and MDD groups had lower scores than the HC group; there was no significant difference between the SAD and MDD groups in decoding mental states. Conversely, in reasoning mental states, the SAD and HC groups had higher scores than the MDD group; no differences were found between the SAD and HC groups. Conclusions Clinicians and researchers should further consider parsing generalized impairment in ToM into two aspects: decoding and reasoning of mental states by using the aforementioned measurements. By further understanding the two aspects, we can create a potentially new clinical profile for mental health disorders, such as in this context with both decoding and reasoning mental state impairment in MDD and just a decoding impairment in SAD.

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The purpose of this study is comparing executive functions in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and matched healthy individual. In this cross-sectional study were evaluated 46 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are compared with 46 healthy individual by means of convenient sampling. In this retrospective, causal-comparative study, Stroop test, Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) and continuous performance test (CPT) were used as the research tools. Data were analyzed through Student t-test. Finding show that reaction time significantly lower in OCD group (p< 0.5). In continuous performance test omission error in OCD more than healthy group (p< 0.5); but to groups was similar in commission and reaction time. In WCST healthy group have better performance in preservation error and correct response (p< 0.5). OCD could be considered as dysfunction of executive functions.