Discarding ideology: the nature/nurture endgame.
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.
Mohr
Wanda K
WK
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Rutgers University College of Nursing, Newark, NJ, USA. mohr@nightingale.rutgers.edu
D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D011582:Psychological Theory