Kruger is a thirty-four-year old male who is beginning counseling with you. During the initial intake, you discover that he has been experiencing the following symptoms for the past two years: racing thoughts, distractibility, fatigue, psychomotor agitation, muscle tension, sleep disturbance, and frequent worries. These symptoms are seriously affecting his ability to work at his accounting job. In addition, you learn that he spends a lot of time on the computer researching conspiracies. He reports that he does not have any close friends because “people think my conspiracy ideas are strange”.
What are at least three diagnoses that you are considering after Kruger’s initial intake? Describe which symptoms fit with each diagnosis.