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After shutting the immigration station of Ellis Island down, the government decided to make use of the island’s facilities for something else. Many buildings remained, although they were refurbished and fixed up after decades of vacancy. The government established a rehabilitation center and mental hospital on the grounds, and Ellis Island now supports a fully staffed home for those who need assistance in their everyday lives. At the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility, all patients will have access to a variety of trained psychologists and therapists, and will be provided with the necessary medications and amenities.

New patients and staff, please be warned that some patients may be prone to violent behavior. For your safety, red call buttons have been placed in each room in case of emergencies.

In addition to promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviors, Ellis Island also offers a few not-so-legal procedures if deemed fit. This includes lobotomies, shock therapy, and abortions.

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After shutting the immigration station of Ellis Island down, the government decided to make use of the island’s facilities for something else. Many buildings remained, although they were refurbished and fixed up after decades of vacancy. The government established a rehabilitation center and mental hospital on the grounds, and Ellis Island now supports a fully staffed home for those who need assistance in their everyday lives. At the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility, all patients will have access to a variety of trained psychologists and therapists, and will be provided with the necessary medications and amenities.

New patients and staff, please be warned that some patients may be prone to violent behavior. For your safety, red call buttons have been placed in each room in case of emergencies.

In addition to promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviors, Ellis Island also offers a few not-so-legal procedures if deemed fit. This includes lobotomies, shock therapy, and abortions.

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After shutting the immigration station of Ellis Island down, the government decided to make use of the island’s facilities for something else. Many buildings remained, although they were refurbished and fixed up after decades of vacancy. The government established a rehabilitation center and mental hospital on the grounds, and Ellis Island now supports a fully staffed home for those who need assistance in their everyday lives. At the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility, all patients will have access to a variety of trained psychologists and therapists, and will be provided with the necessary medications and amenities.

New patients and staff, please be warned that some patients may be prone to violent behavior. For your safety, red call buttons have been placed in each room in case of emergencies.

In addition to promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviors, Ellis Island also offers a few not-so-legal procedures if deemed fit. This includes lobotomies, shock therapy, and abortions.

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After shutting the immigration station of Ellis Island down, the government decided to make use of the island’s facilities for something else. Many buildings remained, although they were refurbished and fixed up after decades of vacancy. The government established a rehabilitation center and mental hospital on the grounds, and Ellis Island now supports a fully staffed home for those who need assistance in their everyday lives. At the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility, all patients will have access to a variety of trained psychologists and therapists, and will be provided with the necessary medications and amenities.

New patients and staff, please be warned that some patients may be prone to violent behavior. For your safety, red call buttons have been placed in each room in case of emergencies.

In addition to promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviors, Ellis Island also offers a few not-so-legal procedures if deemed fit. This includes lobotomies, shock therapy, and abortions.

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After shutting the immigration station of Ellis Island down, the government decided to make use of the island’s facilities for something else. Many buildings remained, although they were refurbished and fixed up after decades of vacancy. The government established a rehabilitation center and mental hospital on the grounds, and Ellis Island now supports a fully staffed home for those who need assistance in their everyday lives. At the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility, all patients will have access to a variety of trained psychologists and therapists, and will be provided with the necessary medications and amenities.

New patients and staff, please be warned that some patients may be prone to violent behavior. For your safety, red call buttons have been placed in each room in case of emergencies.

In addition to promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviors, Ellis Island also offers a few not-so-legal procedures if deemed fit. This includes lobotomies, shock therapy, and abortions.

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After shutting the immigration station of Ellis Island down, the government decided to make use of the island’s facilities for something else. Many buildings remained, although they were refurbished and fixed up after decades of vacancy. The government established a rehabilitation center and mental hospital on the grounds, and Ellis Island now supports a fully staffed home for those who need assistance in their everyday lives. At the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility, all patients will have access to a variety of trained psychologists and therapists, and will be provided with the necessary medications and amenities.

New patients and staff, please be warned that some patients may be prone to violent behavior. For your safety, red call buttons have been placed in each room in case of emergencies.

In addition to promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviors, Ellis Island also offers a few not-so-legal procedures if deemed fit. This includes lobotomies, shock therapy, and abortions.

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Dimitri Genovese || age 28 || admitted for pyromania and arson || looks like Andrew Scott

Dimitri was a middle class child with two economically stable parents. They had a few tight run ins with money on occasion, but they knew they would be able to raise their wild spirited little boy in a safe place. Dimitri was a happy kid, and he was the rough and tumble type. He came home from school with holes in his pants and scrapes on his hands, or sometimes with a handful of cool rocks or bugs. Carson Genovese smoked cigarettes regularly, and Dimitri was entranced by the flame of his lighter, the orange-white flicker of the flame. If he was lucky, he’d catch a view of blue or purple coming from the chrome lighter. If only he could get his hands on that thing, he’d get to see the dancing colors whenever he wanted to.

No one died the night the house was in flames. Dimitri was nine years old. Everyone assumed it was an accident, so no one thought to find the lighter that started the flame. It could have been the wind blown flame from the kitchen stovetop, or a spark from a blown outlet. No one thought to look for Carson’s chrome lighter. They assumed whatever went missing had been lost in the fire. The family was a little hurt for money, but life insurance helped them scrape by. They could feed, clothe, and shelter Dimitri; they were still okay. Barely. The next time Dimitri’s flame got out of control, the family lost everything. He was seventeen, almost eighteen. His mother’s eyes were damaged in the fire, leaving her blind. The house was gone, the money was gone, and this time, someone found the lighter. It was Carson’s old one, the one he thought he’d lost in the first fire. It was no coincidence, and Dimitri almost confessed. If Cora Genovese hadn’t gone blind he probably would have come forward. But he couldn’t fathom the idea of Carson knowing it was his fault his mom was hurt. When he finally turned eighteen a few weeks later, he bought his very own lighter. Why couldn’t he keep himself away from fire? It was addicting, seeing the light. Feeling the heat. Sensing the burn through his nostrils, his throat, he couldn’t help it.

Dimitri really started setting fires on purpose when he had his very own lighter. Small ones, at first of course. He’d contain them, put them out fast. But he realized that he liked the flames best when they did what they liked, when he let them burn freely. He began to set bigger things on fire, like bushes, trees, until one day it was a whole park. He was arrested for the last one, sentenced to a few years in state prison, and he was okay there. He didn’t burn, although he wanted to more than anything else. As soon as he got out and was out of the sight of a parole officer, he started burning again. He had burns all over his bodies from projects and accidents. And then he lit an apartment complex.

Three died, nine were injured, and Dimitri was put on trial. The jury decided he was ill, sick in the head. The burns that covered his body scared the jury, and it was clear he needed to be controlled, detained. The judge agreed, sentencing Dimitri Genovese to the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility in place of jail time.

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Rebecca Glass || age 43 || employed as a clinical therapist || looks like Debra Messing

A quiet family in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York raised a little girl named Rebecca. Rebecca stood out more than a bit in her family-- not just because of her distinctive red hair that no one else in the family had, but also because of her tendency to speak her mind. For the most part, the rest of her family kept to themselves but Rebecca did not play her part the way they expected her to. She wasn't the shy girl or mousy kid at school; no, she talked to everyone. Open hearted, open minded Rebecca. The young girl was friendly to everyone and it was clear she wanted to get to know her peers and teachers. Although she talked plenty, she wasn't a bad listener either. Rebecca always did her best to provide the best advice she could for the given situation. It was interesting to see a girl as young as she was listening to people twice their age talk about their days while she followed along with a knowing nod and a comforting smile. As it turned out, Rebecca's older brother had autism. Through everything, she was always there for him. She knew her brother Grant better than anyone else. She knew exactly what he wanted when he flapped his hands or when he repeated the same phrase over and over. Rebecca listened to his stories, the ones he told only to her because he rarely spoke to anyone else. She made up stories for him too, to calm him down from a tantrum or help put him to sleep. He would correct her most of the time but she teased him for spoiling her imagination. When it was time for Rebecca to leave home when she was accepted at UPenn, it was impossibly difficult for her to leave her brother. Grant still lived at home with their parents, but Rebecca had to move a state away. Life at home became more difficult without her because of Grant's lack of cooperation when she wasn't there. Without telling Rebecca, the young woman's parents placed her brother in a facility to care for him. It had just become too much to handle without her but they didn't dare take Rebecca's focus from her school work. When she found out over the summer, she was angry with her parents and she felt as though she'd failed Grant. All she could think about was how scary of a time he must have been having trying to get used to the huge change in his life. Like most people with autism, change was very upsetting for him. While special education fascinated her, she didn't particularly like the school setting. Rebecca preferred just being there as a friend and as someone who tries her hardest to understand. Originally she had gone into developmental psychology in school, but after taking interest in the wider subject of psychology she decided to major in clinical psychology because of her love of talking and listening to help ease people's feelings. She worked at a facility in Delaware but then after many years there decided she wanted to be closer to Grant. Rebecca had heard he was becoming more difficult and thought that moving back to New York so she could see him more often might help him. She sought out positions near her home, and the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility welcomed her.

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Elise Verity || age 36 || admitted for schizophrenia || looks like Jaime Murray

Originally from Oxford, England, Elise Verity moved to a suburb of New York City when she was eleven years old. Her life in Oxford was filled with an extravagant wardrobe, doting nursemaids, a loving mother, Lydia; and millions of pounds. Her father Dominic was a wealthy business man, the all-business no-nonsense type of man. Elise learned to be seen and not heard by her father, although with everyone else she was treated nothing but love. She was her mother’s baby girl and her most important thing in the world. Unfortunately when she was ten years old, her mother began to show signs of Huntington’s Disease, the neurodegenerative genetic disorder that results “in movement difficulties as well as cognitive and behavioural changes” (Liou, 2010, para. 1). As her mother’s disease progressed, Elise’s father found it fit to move the family to the United States where Lydia could be treated by a specialist who was internationally renowned for treating the symptoms of Huntington’s Disease. He was primarily located in New York, and the Veritys moved there from their estate in Oxford, England. Elise left the nursemaids and dresses she’d long grown out of. Lydia kept Elise close by her side when she felt good enough for company. During the middle stage Lydia knew that she was often in a mood and she refused to let Elise see her upset. Elise saw her mother less and less, until her mother entered the late stage, when her father closed her off forever. She didn’t see her mother for months, not until Lydia died from pneumonia.

Elise lost every bit of attention she had been given as a child when her mother’s health became critically poor. After Lydia’s death Dominic demanded Elise to be tested for the gene, and fortunately it came back negative. But other than that test, Elise’s father made almost no attempt to be her family. As she entered her late teen years, her father finally came back into her life after she did everything she possibly could to impress him or at the very least get noticed by him. He revealed to her that he had lost much of his money through business, but he still expected Elise to do something valuable with her life. All of her first place awards, honour roll placements, and other academic achievements seemed to mean nothing to him. If it didn’t earn her a living and more, it wasn’t worth anything to Dominic. Then he found out she had been accepted into the engineering programs at both M.I.T. and Stanford. Dominic attended Elise’s high school graduation, leaving her with a supple college fund. It was one of his few remaining funds, and that day was the last time Elise made physical contact with her father. The young woman continued to M.I.T. College life did not suit Elise. All her life she had everything academic easily within reach. However in Massachusetts things did not come as easily. Classes became more difficult for her and people didn’t know her for her success in school as they had in high school. Everyone she met was brilliant.

Elise began forcing herself to stand out and be known for her superiority. She couldn’t cope with going unnoticed by everyone in her life: her father, her professors, her peers. Elise reminded herself every single day that she was greater than this, greater than who everyone else thought she was. Some days she’d have to lie to herself when she felt so flat and valueless. She was an acclaimed inventor. She’d won the Elliott Cresson Medal for distinguished work in electrical discovery. She was an inventor, she was a genius. She could recite her acceptance speech of the award. Elise had become so involved in the accomplishments she’d given herself, she knew nothing other than her fantasy. Still she went by unnoticed until a professor pulled her aside after a lecture one day, to whom she babbled about what she deserved and complained of the lack of recognition people gave her for all of her accomplishments. Of course the professor now realized Elise was out of her mind, making things up. But it was so clear that she truly believed herself to be a revolutionary engineer. When the professor tried to tell her he had no idea what she was talking about, she had a complete meltdown. The police and ambulance were called, and she was taken to the hospital to be examined by a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist made the diagnosis quickly. The young woman was having delusions, grandiose delusions. She stayed at the psych ward at a hospital in Massachusetts for a few years until she was relocated in New York, when it became clear she needed long term care.

Personality: Elise’s highest priority during most of her life was to be recognized for her work. She tried hard in everything in an attempt to stand out. Her weakness is to be loved, to be appreciated. Elise was always expressive when something positive happened. She was tight-lipped and closed off when unhappy or angry, although that was only after her mother died. Before that, she tended to make all her emotions very clear, both good and bad. Jealousy was something she often felt, whenever anyone performed better than her, or was recognized over her. 

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Kaitlyn Kennedy || age 37 || admitted for borderline personality disorder || looks like Elizabeth Banks

Kaitlyn was born to Marcus and Madeleine Kennedy, who were both overjoyed with their daughter. Her toddler years were filled with adoration and video cameras, and when her younger sister Allison was born, she got to become the proud big sister. She was excited to have someone younger than her, someone she could show the ways of the world to. When Allison was old enough to be left with a sitter, both their parents went back to working full time as they did before they had their daughters. Kaitlyn's parents still loved their daughters, but the two girls never got the undivided attention ever again. The Kennedys signed their little girls up for activities to keep them from feeling alone and Kaitlyn thrived in ballet and gymnastics. She was a pretty little thing, and her personality was very friendly and approachable. By the the she was fifteen she was an amazing dancer with opportunities waiting to offer her chances at going further with ballet. But later that year, her doctor referred her to an oncologist when Kaitlyn complained of dizziness, frequently having fevers, and the tell-tale unexplainable bruising. It was confirmed, yes, Kaitlyn had ALL, acute lymphoid leukaemia. Thankfully, it wasn't as serious as most cases, but Kaitlyn still had to go through chemotherapy, radiation, and transplants. Madeleine stopped working to take care of her daughter and attend the frequent hospital visits. Kaitlyn couldn't dance anymore and it broke her heart. She became moody and angry all of the time, hating how weak she was. But Kaitlyn got more love and support from everyone around her as she struggled to fight the cancer, and she was successful.

When she was eighteen, she was officially cancer free, just in time to graduate and move on to college in Rhode Island. She grew into a social butterfly who everyone loved to be around, despite the sadness and anger she tried to hide. Over the years, those feelings persisted and when it became too much to handle, she let it out on those closest to her time and time again. Kaitlyn would become wildly upset when something bad happened. Her emotions were complete extremes; explosive anger, deep depression, and she sometimes talked about suicide. Kaitlyn was extremely impulsive. She partied quite a bit in college and she could go crazy with it. It seemed normal for her, but her friends only saw her get worse and worse.

One day Sophie, one of Kaitlyn's friends confronted her about it, and Kaitlyn ended up slapping her before throwing herself into a full blown episode of screaming and sobbing. Before it could escalate more, she was taken to the campus medical center and was sedated. Medication helped very little, but she managed on her own for several years until she stopped taking her prescribed meds. Kaitlyn blew up at her doctor when he asked her about it, and he was taken to the hospital when she broke his nose in her rage. The police took her in for a night and then her psychiatrist recommended she should be sent to the Ellis Island Mental Facility to ensure she was safe.

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Fiona Longridan || age 37 || admitted for depression and EDNOS || looks like Rachel Weisz

Fiona was 28 when they finally married, and two years later she found that she was expecting. In a startling night in her first trimester, Drew was dead. An aneurysm, that was the official cause of death. Fiona was already struggling with the pregnancy, with awful morning sickness in all hours of the day, and her weight only continued to decline as she neglected her body. She found the similar craving for a thin body, despite the fact she had no one to be skinny for and a baby to nurture too. Her heart failed her, and she lost the baby. But she was still alive in the end. She was depressed, anorexic, and suicidal even. Her parents and doctors agreed to put her through an eating disorder program but she struggled there. She convinced them somehow that she was fine on her own, and she was, for a few years. It didn't last forever though. It was obvious to the Longridans she was ill, and that she was in no condition to care for herself for any longer, and so they admitted her to the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility, where she went willingly.

Fiona was always neglected, to tell the truth. First, she was dropped off at an orphanage at only a few months old. She was a finicky baby, always crying or ill-- the doctors came to a conclusion that she was probably premature. But she was adopted not long after, by a rather wealthy couple. They were getting a little old to have children of their own, and so it was a much safer decision to adopt. Fiona was a beautiful baby, and her parents were very pleased with their daughter. Gideon and Martha Longridan lived in one of the country's rich hidden towns in New England, in the sort of place that was inhabited by old founding families. Fiona was a weak child, but it didn't matter because she was made to be seen. She was quite doll-like-- perfectly formed but fragile to the touch. Her skin was fair, her hair dark and thick. Gideon and Martha bought her expensive sweaters and dresses which Fiona loved to dress up in. She liked to be "fancy", and Gideon even called her Fancy Fiona when they went out as a family. That wasn't often, unfortunately. She was left with a nanny many nights but Fiona was quite used to it. She was disappointed of course, every single time they left her behind. She felt lonely. Fiona was a shy girl, so she never really had friends over, nor did she often leave the house. Whenever Gideon and Martha left her, she could never help wondering if there was something she could do better-- be quieter, be prettier.

When she began to grow a little, her father commented a few times on how much  "healthier" she looked, healthy meaning, well, in Fiona's mind: fatter. They'd love her more if she was thinner, wouldn't they? She withdrew from school mates even further and grew thinner and sickly. Martha only noticed when Fiona caught a bad flu at Christmas and the doctor expressed concern in her dangerously low weight. Gideon and Martha insisted on re-feeding her themselves, and Fiona let them nurse her, at least until she was only barely underweight. At this point Fiona realized she was fairly depressed, maybe. She never told anyone, but she really didn't feel much most of the time, but when she did, it was a sick, dark feeling in her stomach. She always made decent grades though, so she continued on to a small, expensive university in state, where she could visit home often. It was mostly uneventful until she met Drew. Drew came from the same background as her, and his aesthetic was quite similar to Fiona's overall, too. He was a little cheerier than she was, but it was what kept the two of them happy with each other.

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Thalia Warner || age 26 || admitted for dissociative identity disorder || looks like Tatiana Maslany

On March 26, 1991, Thalia Warner was found in the backseat of the later-infamous dark blue station wagon, shell-shocked and rock still. Her mother in the passenger’s seat, dead, two gunshot wounds in the chest; her older sister in the other backseat, dead, one gunshot wound in the stomach and one in the chest; her father in the driver’s seat, dead, one gunshot wound in the temple. It was all over the news, in the headlines, Jacob Warner kills wife and daughter and commits suicide. Little Thalia Warner was all alone.

Two hours before the family was reported to the police, Jacob Warner suggested to his family that they should have a nice family dinner in the city. His wife and daughters dressed up in fancy clothes, and Thalia happily twirled for her daddy in her new glittery blue dress. They piled into the blue station wagon and got on the highway, only to get off two exits early. Violet Warner, Thalia’s mother, became very confused and laughed as she told her husband he’d gotten off at the wrong exit, and her daughters giggled at their daddy’s silly mistake. Their laughter stopped suddenly when the car stopped, and Jacob sat, unmoving. Violet began to ask what was wrong when he began to babble and sweat profusely. Candace and Thalia began to cry, and suddenly they heard a gunshot and their mother shrieked; the last sound Thalia would ever hear her mother make. Jacob turned around in his seat to reveal a handgun, which he held up with shaking hands and directed it at Candace. She whimpered, he pulled the trigger. The bullet hit her lower abdomen and Jacob shot again, this time at her chest. Thalia had stopped crying and only sat wide-eyed at her father. He held the gun up, but he faltered. He blinked rapidly, squeezed his eyes shut and tore the gun away from his youngest daughter. Instead, he screamed and shot his right temple, collapsing at the steering wheel.

After the family was found, Thalia was in shock. She did not move, speak, or react to anything, so she was taken to the hospital’s psych ward until she became responsive. After three months, she began to speak minimally and interacting more ordinarily. She was placed in foster care.

Every foster parent she had reported that Thalia Warner had an extraordinary imagination. Some described her as eerily polite and quiet while others called her impossible and dangerous. Still others called her playful, serious, or outright terrifying. After keeping a foster family awake all night for two weeks straight, she was readmitted to the local hospital’s psych ward for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Even through her teen years, Thalia continued to have the same strange habits. Only now they were more closely monitored, and Thalia was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Some of Thalia’s most common identities aside from her “primary” one were loud, playful, and stubborn; quiet, sadistic, and childish; and cold, polite, and serious. She changed her voice subconsciously for each identity and dressed differently for each one too. Each “person” Thalia became was very different from the others.

After Thalia became a legal adult, she was moved to the adult psych ward, but was deemed a hazard to the other patients after a few years. Consequently, Thalia Warner was recommended to the Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility for a new start, new doctors with new ideas, and new peers. The process of transfer took a year in itself, but finally she was legally released from the psych ward on the condition that she would be admitted at Ellis Island Psychiatric Facility. Her doctors and therapists hoped a new place would help Thalia begin again and forget about the traumatic incident of her childhood.

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