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. 2017 Sep 13;19(8):676–688. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12547

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Seeking vs avoiding pharmacotherapy. A communication current reality tree (CCRT) reflecting bipolar disorder (BD) management challenges experienced by patients with BD and their family members is shown. Undesirable effects (UDEs) are framed in red rounded rectangles, and additional entities in black rounded rectangles. The red rounded rectangle with dashed lines represents a cluster of UDEs that are further expanded in Figure 3. Arrows signify direct causal relationships; arrows directed to “AND” operators imply that the combination of causes is needed to produce the resulting effect. The lightning sign reflects a conflict between mutually exclusive alternatives [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]