Table 5.

Views and Extents of Heritability of Psychiatric Disorders and Behavioral Conditions

Condition	Finn et al. (2005) Median % perceived risk of developing condition due to heritable genetic factors	Hoop et al. (2008) % of psychiatrists who thought the extent of genetic contribution in developing condition is moderate/high	Klitzman et al. (2013) % of psychiatrists who thought the extent of genetic contribution in developing condition is moderate/high	Actual Extent of Contribution
Alzheimer’s	20%	94%	79.3%	0.58–0.79 (Gatz et al., 2006)
Anorexia			36.6%	56%–84% (Klump et al., 2001)
Antisocial Personality Disorder	20% (in males)	52%	45.4%	.65 (aggressive rule breaking) .48 (non-aggressive rule breaking) (Burt, 2009)
Autism	10%	63%	56.6%	0.70–0.90 (Geschwind, 2009)
Bipolar Disorder	40%	95%	88.7%	0.71 (Edvardsen et al., 2009)
Borderline Personality Disorder			39.9%	.51 (Distel et al., 2010)
Creativity		78%	60.9%	N/A
Dysthymia			55.2%	.29 (Savitz et al., 2008)
Homosexuality			34.4%	.34–.39 (Langstrom et al., 2008)
Intelligence			76.6%	0.50–0.90 (Devlin et al., 1997)
Major Depression	30%	89%	81.7%	0.40 (females) 0.30 (males) (Kendler et al., 2006)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder			78.3%	0.27 (Van Grootheest et al., 2005)
Panic Disorder	25%	78%	67.6%	.40–.50 (Spatola et al., 2010)
Pathological Gambling			36.8%	.27–.61 (Slutske et al., 2010)
Pedophilia			12.1%	14.6% (Alanko et al., 2013)
Schizophrenia	30%	93%	85.2%	0.41–0.87 (Cannon et al., 1998)
Social Anxiety Disorder			57.3%	0.30–0.50 (Kendler et al., 1999)
Suicidality			52.9%	43% (McGuffin et al, 2001)