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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2020
The development of treatment-resistant schizophrenia in a 16-year-old Maltese girl was analyzed in terms of its biopsychosocial model of disease.
To highlight the presentation of treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
To investigate the etiology of treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
To utilize the biopsychosocial model of disease in order to investigate the aetiology of treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
To highlight the treatment modalities utilized in this case of treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
Interviewing the patient.
Analyzing all investigations and documentation made during her admission in an acute psychiatric hospital.
Evaluating the response to various treatment modalities.
Carrying out literature reviews.
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Although the aetiology of treatment-resistant schizophrenia remains somewhat unclear even after many years of study, the biopsychosocial model is nevertheless useful in understanding the development of this condition. The treatment modalities to which the patient was resistant were also identified.
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The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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