Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Schizophrenia

Verma S, Chan LL, Chee KS, Chen H, Chin SA, Chong SA, Chua W, Fones C, Fung D, Khoo CL, Kwek SKD, Ling J, Poh P, Sim K, Tan BL, Tan C, Tan CH, Tan LL, Tay WK
Correspondence: A/Prof Swapna Verma, swapna_verma@imh.com.sg

ABSTRACT
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has updated the clinical practice guidelines on Schizophrenia to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for schizophrenia. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on Schizophrenia, for the information of readers of the Singapore Medical Journal. Chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website: http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/publications.aspx?id=26138. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(7): 521-526