Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry, that is, apprehensive expectation about events or activities. Generalized anxiety disorder is based on psychological components that include cognitive avoidance, worry beliefs, ineffective problem-solving and emotional processing, interpersonal issues, previous trauma, intolerance of uncertainty, negative problem orientation, ineffective coping, emotional hyper- arousal, poor understanding of emotions, negative cognitive reactions to emotions, maladaptive emotion management and regulation, experiential avoidance, and behavioral restriction, ( Behr et.al 2009). rnTo combat the previous cognitive and emotional aspects of GAD, psychologists often include some of the following key treatment components in their intervention plan; self-monitoring, relaxation techniques, self-control desensitization, gradual stimulus control, cognitive restructuring, worry outcome monitoring, present-moment focus, expectancy-free living, problem-solving techniques, processing of core fears, socialization, discussion and reframing of worry beliefs, emotional skills training, experiential exposure, psycho-education, mindfulness and acceptance exercises.rnRecently focus is increasing on prevention of GAD. Avoidance of caffeine may prevent GAD. Additionally, avoiding nicotine decreases the risk for the development of anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety disorder (Bruce and Lader, 2009).rnCognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is more effective in the long term than medications. While both treatments reduce anxiety, CBT is more effective in reducing depression. However, the overall outcomes differed but this difference was not found to be statistically significant.rnThus there are behavioral, cognitive, and a combination of both treatments for GAD that focus on some of those key components. With appropriate integration of various therapeutic measures, the outlook for the generalized anxiety disorders is encouraging. In addition, it is important to differentiate between short-term and long-term results. Even through the results of therapy are often difficult to assess, it would appear that the great majority of patients, 90 percent or more can benefit substantially from appropriate help. In many cases, the use of periodic “booster treatments” can probably improve long range resultsrn