Table 2.

Attitudes towards genetic testing of children for predisposition to mood disorders

	Count	Percent
	(N = 53)
Concern about children demonstrating mood disorder symptoms	20	38 %
Perceived probability of children developing mood disorders:
Same/less than the population average	14	26 %
More than the population average	33	62 %
Believed that future use of prenatal genetic testing is likely	28	53 %
Evaluation of using a prenatal genetic test to make termination decisions:
Negative	33	62 %
Neutral/Unsure	14	26 %
Positive	6	11 %
Total responses:	53
Believed that people are likely to use future genetic tests of mood disorder predisposition (in parent) to make childbearing decisions	34	64 %
Evaluation of use of genetic tests for mood disorders to make childbearing decisions:
Negative	18	34 %
Neutral/Unsure	15	28 %
Positive	20	38 %
Total responses:	53
Effect of genetic testing on how parents treated children is likely to be:
Negative	13	25 %
Neutral/Unsure	19	36 %
Positive	21	40 %
Total responses:	53
Effect of genetic testing on how child viewed self would be:
Negative	28	53 %
Neutral/Unsure	20	38 %
Positive	5	9 %
Total responses:	53
Best age to have a child tested
At birth	11	21 %
Before the age of 12	34	65 %
During teens	2	4 %
Over 18	2	4 %
Only if there are symptoms/Never	3	6 %
Total responses:	52
Best age to discuss genetic test results with a child (parents’ and non-parents’ responses):
Depends on child/Unsure would share results	8	17 %
Only if symptoms were observed	8	17 %
At age of testing	5	10 %
Before or during teens	15	31 %
Over 18	12	25 %
Total responses:	48