Fig. 2.

Selected significant benefits of genetic counseling for individuals with schizophrenia. (a) Participants’ estimated risk of familial recurrence of schizophrenia to a specific family member (dashed line indicates mean of personalized recurrence risk assessments quoted to participants). (b) Participants’ concern related to familial recurrence. (c) Participants’ perceived knowledge about the illness. (d) Participants’ level of self-blame. In (d), the nonsignificantly greater mean at 7 weeks postcounseling was driven primarily by a single respondent whose results returned to his baseline subsequently. See Methods section for item details. *P < .05, **P < .005, and ns = nonsignificant. All summary data and P values are presented in table S4. Error bars represent upper 95% confidence intervals.