title: Academy of Medicine-Ministry of Health clinical practice guidelines: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: The Academy of Medicine (AMS) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) have developed the clinical practice guidelines on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for ADHD. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on ADHD, for the information of SMJ readers. 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/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/doctors/guidelines/cpg_medical.html.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.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore 539747. Daniel_FUNG@imh.com.sg.
authors.forename: Daniel S S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: Choon Guan
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: John Chee Meng
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Koon Hock
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Christopher Cheng Soon
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cheok
authors.forename: Jennifer Sie Hee
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kiing
authors.forename: Shang Chee
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Mary Lourdes
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Desmond
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Charity
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Sharifah Mariam
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Aljunied
authors.forename: Pui Meng
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kee
authors.forename: Ivy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Lee Chen
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Poh Yin
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bella
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Hwee Chien
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010290:Parents; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012846:Singapore; D012955:Societies, Medical
chemical_list: D008774:Methylphenidate