Both melinda's father and brother experience depression. melinda never experienced a depressive episode until she lost her job and was unemployed for several months. melinda's development of a major depressive disorder can best be explained by the:

gold discovery in california, and pioneer settlers were sometimes pulled west because they wanted to make a better living. others received letters from friends or family members who had moved west. these letters often told about a good life on the frontier. the biggest factor that pulled pioneers west was the opportunity to buy land.

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