Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a common mental illness among adolescents, characterized by generalized and persistent anxiety, lack of clear targets, nervousness, and even involvement of the respiratory and digestive systems. Cognitive behavioral therapy has an improvement effect on anxiety disorders. This research was conducted to provide treatment interventions for students with anxiety disorders.

Firstly, 90 adolescent anxiety disorder patients aged 13-22 from a certain hospital were selected. Next, they were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group. The control group received routine drug treatment, while the observation group received cognitive behavioral therapy on this basis. The final treatment period was 16 weeks, with a round of treatment every 8 weeks. Statistical software SPSS23.0 was used for statistical description, and t-tests were used for measurement data.

After a round of 8-week treatment, there was no statistically significant difference in the anxiety symptom scale scores between the two groups (P>0.05). After the second round, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale scores of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05); The difference in stress status scores at different times was significantly lower in the observation group than in the control group after the start of the second round (P<0.05). In short, cognitive behavioral therapy has a relieving effect on students’ anxiety disorders.

Drug therapy is mostly targeted at adult patients. However for adolescent patients, it is necessary to gradually combine cognitive behavioral therapy to promote the relief of anxiety disorders in students.