Hi there,

Would appreciate the opinion of a professional psychologist on this one.

Our supervisor at work appears to have a constant fear of other people making mistakes. He is extremely distrustful of any work done by anyone else and is unusually fearful that they have made mistakes. This causes him to (a) harass them to constantly recheck their own work themselves and (b) he rechecks their work himself anyhow.

This attitude applies to both coworkers and everyone: customers, suppliers, outside CPA and attorneys, as well as everyone else in the world, for example store cashiers, airline staff, customers.

He is hypervigilant for mistakes made by others.

Please help me get a differential diagnosis for him.

I have considered:
Erratophobia - not relevant, because it's fear of making mistakes ONESELF.
Paranoia - he does meet some of the criteria, but not all. He is suspicious and mistrustful but his fear is different.
OCD - he does have some of the criteria, e.g. constant rechecking, but his behavior is focused more on others than on himself.
GAD - seems possible???
Specific phobia - seems possible???

I would appreciate your help, people.
Why is it important? Because it would help us at work to understand what is going inside his head. And because maybe we could use some techniques to help him - and us.

Thanks!