Table 2.

Seven main themes representing participant responses to receiving NPD-related CNVs from 27 genetic counseling sessions.

Theme Description
NPD genomic information was inherently valuable (27 sessions)
Lifelong NPD challenges were discussed openly (27 sessions)
NPD genomic information fit with participants’ lived experiences (23 sessions)
Previously held causal attributions for personal and family NPD histories were common (26 sessions)
Negative emotions were less prominent than positive emotions and were associated with NPD-related lived experience rather than the genetic result (26 sessions)
NPD genomic information was received with a resilient attitude (17 sessions)
Interest in the implications of NPD genomic information on clinical management (17 sessions)

NPD—neurodevelopmental/psychiatric disorder; CNV—copy number variant.