title: Ministry of Health clinical practice guidelines: management of gambling disorders.
abstract: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has published clinical practice guidelines on Management of Gambling Disorders to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based guidance on the management of gambling disorders. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on Management of Gambling Disorders 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=26136). 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.
authors: MOH Clinical Practice Guidelines Workgroup on Management of Gambling Disorders. leekmthomas@gmail.com
authors: K M T
authors: KM
authors: Lee
authors: H N
authors: HN
authors: Chan
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Cheah
authors: G F C
authors: GF
authors: Gentica
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Guo
authors: H K
authors: HK
authors: Lim
authors: Y C
authors: YC
authors: Lim
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Noorul
authors: H S
authors: HS
authors: Tan
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Teo
authors: H N
authors: HN
authors: Yeo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005715:Gambling / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008403:Mass Screening; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D012846:Singapore