Dennis Beedle, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Phone: (312) 996-9518
E-mail: Beedle@uic.edu

Dr Beedle is a member of the Mood and Anxiety Division. He has broad clinical experience and works primarily with inpatients at the University of Illinois Hospital. He works with patients who have difficult to treat illnesses including patients with schizoaffective disorder.

Representative Publications

Beedle D: Differential Diagnosis of Substance Abuse and Dependence. In Miller NS editor: The Principles and Practice of Addictions in Psychiatry. Philadelphia, W.B.Saunders, 1997 pp 113-118.

Beedle D, Krasuski J, Janicak PG: Advances in somatic therapies: Electroconvulsive therapy, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and bright light therapy. In Janicak PG, editor: Principles and Practice of Psychopharmacotherapy, Update. Williams and Wilkins, 1998;2(1):1-17.

Plioplys S, Beedle D. A case of acute psychosis and mediastinal seminoma. (Letter) Psychosomatics 1998;39(6):559-561.

Beedle D, McGovern MP. Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric comorbidity in alcoholics and drug addicts. Psychiatric Annals, 1998;28(12):705-708.

Janicak PG, Krasuski J, Beedle D, Ayd FJ. The emerging role of transcranial magnetic stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders. Psychiatric Times, 1999;16(2): 56-63.

Levy NA, Janicak PG, Martis B, Beedle D, etal: Repetitive Transcranial Stimulation (rTMS) after Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) a Case Report. Psychline, 2000;3(3): 31-33.

Janicak PG, Dowd SM, Martis B, Alam D, Beedle D, Krasuski J, Strong MJ, Sharma RP, Rosen C, Viana M. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: preliminary results of a randomized trial. Biol Psychiatry, 2002;51(8): 659-67.

Janicak PG, Beedle D. Medication-induced movement disorders. In Sadock BJ, Sadock VA editor: Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. 8th Edition Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Philadelphia 2005