The Genain quadruplets, a group of genetically identical sisters, all developed schizophrenia at their age. Beginning in the 1970s, under the direction of David Rosenthal, they have been studied extensively with a number of neurobiological, neuroradiological and neurobehavioral measures within the intramural program of the, What is the relationship between trauma and etiology of Schizophrenia Psychiatric Times Editorial Board Member Awais Aftab, MD, recently sat down with Audrey Clare Farley, PhD, to discuss Farley's book, Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America . Partial interview, transcription of the interview. Sophia Saliby: Edna, Wilma, Sarah and Helen Morlok were a set of four identical quadruplets born in Lansing, Michigan. Throughout their lives, they became the subject. In Girls and Their Monsters, Farley explored the lives of the Genain quadruplets behind the famous schizophrenia case study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health NIMH beginning in the 1980s. participated in NIMH efforts to improve,