Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is marked by persistent worries about a wide range of issues. Someone with GAD might worry about work, family, finances, or natural disasters.
Individuals with GAD have difficulty controlling their worries.
These worries cause muscle tension, restlessness, exhaustion, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and often depression.

The most effective treatment for GAD is cognitive behavior therapy (CBT).
CBT is a collaborative, action-orientated, skills-based approach that targets the individual’s unhelpful beliefs and behavior patterns.
Clients are taught to identify and change unhelpful thinking styles.
Clients are also taught behavioral strategies like relaxation and scheduling “worry time.”
Client are taught to conduct “behavioral experiments” to test the validity of their worries.
Clients can also learn to change their relationship to their worries by learning to distance themselves from their worry thoughts and not accept them at face-value.