With regard to genetics, some research has examined attitudes among Blacks and other minorities towards genetic testing (Laskey et al., 2003; Singer, Antonucci, & Van Hoewyk, 2004). More recently, there have been published accounts of attitudes among Blacks towards genetic research focusing on physical disorders disproportionately affecting African Americans (Royal et al., 2001). However there has been an absence of comparable studies on attitudes towards nonintervention genetic research of psychiatric disorders.
