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Published in final edited form as: Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 26;62(7):635–644. doi: 10.1177/0020764016666572

Table 2. Family and Community Barriers to Disease Self-Management Among Poorly Adherent Patients with Bipolar Disorder (BD) (n =21).

Themes and Categories	Illustrative Quotations from Respondents

Limited Understanding of BD	“My father thinks I should just get over it, that it's just in my head. Like I'm making it out to be more than what it is. My father just don't get it and I don't think he ever will. He's just set in his ways and he thinks I'm just stupid and just do these things.” Respondent #2016
Limited Understanding of BD	“You have people that tell you, “Oh you don't need that (medications), you just need God.” But you know, I know I need them. I know that I need it, that's the one thing I know.” Respondent #2008
Limited Community Resources	“Right now I stay with a friend. I'm homeless. I been try in to get some help with subsidized housing, but I can't seem to get no help, unless I stay at this shelter, S.G. And I know if I go down to S.G. and stay, I'll wind up us in drugs, cause it's a lot of drugs down there.” Respondent #2012