Hanadi Ajam Oughli, MD

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Dr Oughli is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Articles

Polypharmacy in Older Adults

Sarah A. Nguyen, MD;Hanadi Ajam Oughli, MD;Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS

May 29th 2024

Clinicians should carefully weigh the risks and benefits of each prescribed medication for an older adult with neuropsychiatric diseases and periodically review all prescribed medications. Learn more here.

Augmentation Strategies for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Rohit Madan, MD;Hanadi Ajam Oughli, MD;Marie Anne Gebara, MD

March 19th 2024

Given that two-thirds of patients treated for a major depressive episode will fail to achieve remission of symptoms after 2 or more treatment trials of first-line antidepressants, the probability of remission will further decrease with subsequent medication trials. Treatment strategies for patients with TRD include augmentation, where a medication is added to a current antidepressant versus switching to a different antidepressant.