Bonnie Zima

Dr. Zima is Associate Director of the Jane and Terry Semel Institute's Health Services Research Center and Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine. She is also Director of Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Zima's research focuses on level of unmet need for mental health services among high-risk child populations with limited access to care (homeless, foster care, juvenile hall) as well as the quality of care for children served in publicly-funded primary and specialty mental health care settings. She received her M.D. from Rush Medical College, and her M.P.H from the UCLA School of Public Health.

In partnership with the LA County's Departments of Mental Health and Probation, Dr. Zima is leading a three-year study on level of mental health problems, service use and short-term outcomes among a county-wide sample of youth detained in juvenile hall. Additionally, Dr. Zima is Principal Investigator for the Caring for California Initiative (CCI) Project, assessing how service use and quality of care relate to key organizational and client level characteristics of publicly funded child mental health services in selected counties. Recently, Dr. Zima funded was funded by NIMH to lead a five-year study to examine the quality of care for school-aged children with ADHD.

Dr. Zima also conducted a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study of mental health problems and service use among school-aged children and their parents living in emergency homeless family shelters in LA County. She led an NIMH study on the level of mental health problems, violence exposure, service utilization patterns, and psychotropic medication use among more than 300 school-aged children living in foster care in LA County.

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	Bonnie Zima, M.D., M.P.H. Dr. Zima is Associate Director of the Jane and Terry Semel Institute's Health Services Research Center and Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine. She is also Director of Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Zima's research focuses on level of unmet need for mental health services among high-risk child populations with limited access to care (homeless, foster care, juvenile hall) as well as the quality of care for children served in publicly-funded primary and specialty mental health care settings. She received her M.D. from Rush Medical College, and her M.P.H from the UCLA School of Public Health. In partnership with the LA County's Departments of Mental Health and Probation, Dr. Zima is leading a three-year study on level of mental health problems, service use and short-term outcomes among a county-wide sample of youth detained in juvenile hall. Additionally, Dr. Zima is Principal Investigator for the Caring for California Initiative (CCI) Project, assessing how service use and quality of care relate to key organizational and client level characteristics of publicly funded child mental health services in selected counties. Recently, Dr. Zima funded was funded by NIMH to lead a five-year study to examine the quality of care for school-aged children with ADHD. Dr. Zima also conducted a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study of mental health problems and service use among school-aged children and their parents living in emergency homeless family shelters in LA County. She led an NIMH study on the level of mental health problems, violence exposure, service utilization patterns, and psychotropic medication use among more than 300 school-aged children living in foster care in LA County.				Contact Info Publications