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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is briefly defined by the repetitive disturbing thoughts and the repetitive behaviors made to get rid of them. There are two phases where it rises and becomes apparent during the lifetime: Late-childhood (6-11) or early adolescence (11-15) and early adulthood (20-29).

Social anxiety disorder appears in cases that require social communication and performance; the patients feels uneasy about being watched. An apparent and continuous fear of making mistakes prevents the patient from getting involved in social environments. This fear does not depend on the attributes of the social environment; any social communication would be enough for an increase in anxiety (conversation, making presentations, answering questions, camera, etc.).

Having a lexical meaning of “division of the mind”, schizophrenia appears between the ages of 15-35 and causes changes in the appearance, emotions, thoughts and behaviors of the person.

Pharmacological treatment in schizophrenia has effects on symptoms such as hallucinations, deliriums, aggressiveness, lack of attention and desire, emotional blunting, decrease in self-care.  Nevertheless, a supportive psychosocial intervention is needed for complaints regarding social relations.

The concept of “emotional expression” is named as a combination of the positive or negative warnings, interventions and moods shown against those with disorders.