title: Discarding ideology: the nature/nurture endgame.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The concepts and research that underpin our understanding of how the brain is the organ of the mind.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the dynamic nature of nervous system functioning and development; to discuss how the nervous system changes anatomically throughout the lifespan; to examine the vital role and interaction of genetics and environment; and to discuss the relationship among the brain, neurotransmission, genes, and psychiatric illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The latest research from the neurosciences lays to rest any suggestion that psychiatric illnesses are psychologically induced.
authors: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Rutgers University College of Nursing, Newark, NJ, USA. mohr@nightingale.rutgers.edu
authors: Wanda K
authors: WK
authors: Mohr
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D011582:Psychological Theory