Organizations

The following organizations provide valuable resources and useful information to clients and providers interested in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder.

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America
www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad

National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad/index.shtml

Internet Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-an07.html

Support Groups

Bethesda/Silver Spring Depression and Anxiety Support Group
www.meetup.com/Bethesda-Silver-Spring-Area-Depression-Support-Group/

Daily Strength Anxiety Support Group (online)
www.dailystrength.org/c/Anxiety/support-group

Healthful Chat (online)
www.healthfulchat.org/anxiety-chat-room.html

Books

Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry
This is the client manual developed by the Treatments That Work program that provides evidence-based tools and techniques for assessing and treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Proven cognitive-behavioral interventions are described in rich step-by-step detail, together with illustrative case examples.

The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You
Dr. Leahy provides practical and powerful tools to reduce worry. He details a range of techniques based on recent research findings.

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
This workbook provides comprehensive information and resources for GAD sufferers. It contains numerous, easy to use self-help forms.

Articles

Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Excessive, Exaggerated and Chronic Worry
www.officer.com/article/10711529/generalized-anxiety-disorder-excessive-exaggerated-and-chronic-worry

Multimedia

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? (YouTube)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIu7no3BIaw

Mindfulness and Acceptance – Based Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety
Disorder (podcast)
www.adaa.org/resources-professionals/podcasts/mindfulness

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Smartphone Apps
www.macanxiety.com/resources/anxiety-apps