Social - sociocultural factors

• People do not exist in a bubble, and we are all shaped to a greater or lesser extent by our culture and the society in which we live
• There is a lot of evidence that the sociocultural environment

  of the schizophrenic may be implicated in both the formation of the illness, as well as it’s maintenance
• There are a number of factors that could have an

  effect on how an individual experiences schizophrenia, as well as the likelihood of becoming schizophrenic in the first place.

  • urbanicity
  • social isolation
  • ethnicity and discrimination