a lesser extent Hispanics, many of these concerns evoke images of a kind of science that is rooted in eugenics, and hail back to historical research projects that used questionable methodologies – the result of which rationalized the division of society by race, and ethnicity, creating further health disparities (Jackson, 1999; Ossario and Duster, 2005; Shields et al., 2005) and engendering a perception of genetic research as being harmful to society (Jackson, 1999; Furr, 2002). With psychiatric disorders, genetic findings still may be perceived as tentative at best (Biesecker and Peay, 2003; Appelbaum, 2004). Therefore, potential research participants may be wary of participating in an exploratory genetic study with questionable benefit and possibly undesirable outcomes. As other studies have shown, engaging black communities in a manner that is transparent, meaningful and collaborative, and including Black recruiters and investigators, could help to alleviate the pervasive mistrust that exists in this population (Shavers et al., 2002; Clay et al., 2003; Fuqua et al., 2005).
