The Genain Quadruplets' Shared Madness

Born in 1930, the Genain quadruplets were identical sisters who each developed schizophrenia by the age of 24. Their case became one of the most intensively studied in psychiatric history, closely examined by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health. The sisters' shared diagnosis provided striking evidence for a genetic component in the development of schizophrenia.

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