Dr. Dina Trevino – The Modern Increase in Dr. Dina Trevino – The Modern Increase in DepressionDepression

• A psychologist with nearly three decades of experience, Dr. Dina Trevino received LSSP licensure and offered consultation services to the special education department of school districts in San Antonio, Texas.

• Now in her private practice she focuses her services on children, adolescents, and their families.

• Dr. Dina Trevino assists her clients with issues such as anxiety, family of origin issues, work conflicts, relationship difficulties, divorce, and depression.

• As suicide rates continue to climb and cases of major depression increase, many speculate about the root cause.

• Although some might consider it a disease based on a chemical imbalance, the fact that the modernization and westernization of societies causes a sudden rise in depression suggests another origin.

• Discovering that cause may become vital, for if the current trend continues, depression could affect our society as widely as plagues in the middle ages.

• Some point to the differences between our modern society and traditional communities.

• The primary distinguishing factor results from an individualized perspective rather than a community focus.

• In societies where all work together for the sake of the common good and assist each other, putting others first before themselves, each member receives the emotional support he or she needs.

• However, in societies where the individual's rights trump all else, people find themselves without that support when they face critical issues or even the demands and stresses of daily life.

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