Are mental illnesses socially constructed

Are mental illnesses socially constructed? Lot’s of people try to put mental illness in this box, but realistically mental illness is a real thing that has real-life effects on the mind, but if one is able to take control of his mind he is able to counter act and counterbalance the effects of mental illness. Lot’s of people say that mental illness is a social construct simply because of the rise of different antidepressants and other medication, once these medications entered the market a lot of people start to become skeptical about some of the diagnosis that were being distributed to a lot of people. Realistically taking the medication is your choice, but it’s not a natural way to get rid of depression and stress or anxiety, you should always use your mind to counteract a disease of the mind, you should never use medication to counteract the disease of the mind unless you have a chemical imbalance.