Posted by noa on February 25, 2002, at 17:39:55
In reply to But..., posted by NikkiT2 on February 25, 2002, at 13:11:13
The way I see it is that even mental illness with strong social-emotional contributing factors is still neurological. Experiences can actually alter the brain. Especially traumatic experiences. This can either set into motion a mental illness, or be one of several triggers to lead to the expression of a predisposed innate illness. So, for me, it is impossible to say that one is neurological and one is not.
Similarly, even with obviously inherited mental illness, life circumstances can still have the effect of altering the timing of the emergence, the severity and the course of the illness.
The brain alters experience and experience can alter the brain. This makes for a perpetually interacting system.
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