The Genain Quadruplets are sisters who are identical quadruplets. The Genain Quadruplets, Genain, a false name used to protect the family’s identity, which came from the Greek term meaning “dire birth.” The false names of the girls are as follows Nora, Iris, Myra, and Hester (named from oldest to youngest), these names were chosen to resemble the four letters in NIMH, the National Institute of Mental Health. Each sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia at different ages and each case of schizophrenia is at different levels of severity. Nora, the oldest, is sometimes identified as the brightest of the four girls, was hospitalized at age 22 and never lived independently for an extended period of time. Iris, the second sister, spent 12 years in a psychiatric hospital starting at the age of 22. Myra, the third sister, is the only one to marry and have children. She did not experience delusions or hallucinations until she was in her forties, so it is questioned if she has schizoaffective disorder (Schizoaffective disorder is a condition in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions and of mood disorder symptoms, such as depression) or if she has schizophrenia like the rest of her sisters. Hester, the youngest sister, is the most severely ill. She was taken out of school in the eleventh grade and never worked outside the home.…