Genetic counseling is the process of supporting patients’ and families’ adaptation to genetic information. Psychiatric genetic counseling has been proven to be effective in improving empowerment, self-efficacy, and knowledge even in the absence of genetic testing. Despite this, only one specialist psychiatric genetic counseling clinic currently exists. In order to engage genetic counselors in providing psychiatric genetic counseling, a 2-day workshop: “Psychiatric Genetic Counseling for Genetic Counselors”, was developed and implemented aimed at empowering genetic counselors to feel confident and competent in this practice domain. The aim of the study was to qualitatively explore the impact of the workshop. Semistructured interviews were carried out with 12 genetic counselors who attended the workshop between 2015 and 2018. Thematic analysis revealed that the workshop empowered all participants to feel comfortable and confident offering psychiatric genetic counseling to patients. Participants also reflected how the workshop highlighted the stigma associated with mental illnesses and offered support in normalizing these conditions. Overall, this study presents that the “Psychiatric Genetic Counseling for Genetic Counselors” workshop fulfilled its proposed aims and outcomes.

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“遗传咨询师的精神病学遗传学”研讨会对遗传咨询师参加者的影响：一项探索性研究

遗传咨询是支持患者和家属适应遗传信息的过程。即使在没有基因检测的情况下，精神病学遗传咨询已被证明在提高赋权、自我效能和知识方面是有效的。尽管如此，目前只有一家专门的精神病遗传咨询诊所。为了让遗传咨询师参与提供精神病学遗传咨询，我们开发并实施了一个为期 2 天的研讨会：“遗传咨询师的精神病学遗传咨询”，旨在让遗传咨询师在这一实践领域感到自信和胜任。该研究的目的是定性地探索研讨会的影响。对 2015 年至 2018 年间参加研讨会的 12 名遗传咨询师进行了半结构化访谈。主题分析显示，研讨会使所有参与者都感到舒适和自信，为患者提供精神遗传咨询。参与者还反映了研讨会如何强调与精神疾病相关的耻辱感，并为使这些疾病正常化提供支持。总体而言，本研究表明“遗传咨询师的精神病学遗传咨询”研讨会实现了其提出的目标和成果。