Social constructionism, a branch of sociology, queries commonly held views on the nature of reality, touching on themes of normality and abnormality within the context of power and oppression in societal structures. The concept of a social construction of schizophrenia, within a social construction of health and illness notary form, denotes that the label of schizophrenia is one that has been socially constructed through ideological systems, none of which are truly empirical especially as currently there is no definitive evidence as to the aetiology of schizophrenia.
