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Bonnie T. Zima is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily centers on psychology, with a strong focus on clinical psychology as well as connected disciplines such as general health professions, speech and hearing, emergency medicine, and health.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, highlighting areas such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, suicide and self-harm studies, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, child and adolescent health, emergency and acute care studies, child abuse and trauma, and gun ownership and violence research.

Bonnie T. Zima has contributed to numerous scholarly publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • Receipt of Addiction Treatment After Opioid Overdose Among Medicaid-Enrolled Adolescents and Young Adults, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Classification System for International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification and Tenth Revision Pediatric Mental Health Disorders, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Prolonged Emergency Department Length of Stay for US Pediatric Mental Health Visits (2005-2015), 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • Editors' Note and Special Communication: Research Priorities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Emerging From the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • The Impact of Attachment-Disrupting Adverse Childhood Experiences on Child Behavioral Health, 2020, The Journal of Pediatrics

Their frequent co-authors include Juliet Edgcomb, Douglas K. Novins, Robert R. Althoff, Samuele Cortese, and Jean A. Frazier. These collaborations have been sustained across multiple studies and publications.

Bonnie T. Zima has published extensively in several key academic venues. The main journals where their work appears most often are:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • PEDIATRICS
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Academic Pediatrics
  • Journal of Adolescent Health

The fields and subfields of study related to Bonnie T. Zima's work emphasize a clinical, health-focused approach to psychological research involving children and adolescents. Their contributions intersect health services, mental health classification systems, and emergency care in pediatric populations. This profile reflects a body of work engaged with critical and diverse aspects of child and adolescent mental health research and practice.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among older youths in the foster care system

    J Curtis McMILLEN;Bonnie T Zima;Lionel D Scott;Wendy F Auslander

  • Barriers to detection, help-seeking, and service use for children with ADHD symptoms.

    Regina Bussing;Bonnie T. Zima;Faye A. Gary;Cynthia Wilson Garvan

  • Behavior problems, academic skill delays and school failure among school-aged children in foster care: Their relationship to placement characteristics

    Bonnie T. Zima;Bonnie T. Zima;Regina Bussing;Stephanny Freeman;Xiaowei Yang

  • Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity

    Enrico G. Castillo;Enrico G. Castillo;Enrico G. Castillo;Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi;Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi;Sonya Shadravan;Elizabeth Moore

  • Use of mental health services among older youths in foster care.

    J. Curtis McMillen;Lionel D. Scott;Bonnie T. Zima;Bonnie T. Zima;Marcia T. Ollie

  • Emotional and behavioral problems and severe academic delays among sheltered homeless children in Los Angeles County.

    B T Zima;K B Wells;H E Freeman

  • Common and Costly Hospitalizations for Pediatric Mental Health Disorders

    Naomi S. Bardach;Tumaini R. Coker;Tumaini R. Coker;Bonnie T. Zima;J. Michael Murphy

  • Psychotropic medication use in a national probability sample of children in the child welfare system.

    Ramesh Raghavan;Bonnie T. Zima;Ronald M. Andersen;Arleen A. Leibowitz;Arleen A. Leibowitz

  • Receipt of Timely Addiction Treatment and Association of Early Medication Treatment With Retention in Care Among Youths With Opioid Use Disorder.

    Scott E. Hadland;Scott E. Hadland;Sarah M. Bagley;Jonathan Rodean;Michael Silverstein

  • Social networks, caregiver strain, and utilization of mental health services among elementary school students at high risk for ADHD.

    Regina Bussing;Bonnie T. Zima;Faye A. Gary;Dana M. Mason

  • Children in special education programs: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, use of services, and unmet needs.

    R Bussing;B T Zima;A R Perwien;T R Belin

  • ADHD Knowledge, Perceptions, and Information Sources: Perspectives From a Community Sample of Adolescents and Their Parents

    Regina Bussing;Bonnie T. Zima;Dana M. Mason;Johanna M. Meyer

  • Help-seeking steps and service use for children in foster care.

    Bonnie T. Zima;Regina Bussing;Xiaowei Yang;Thomas R. Belin

  • Mental Health Problems and Service Use Among Female Juvenile Offenders: Their Relationship to Criminal History

    Sheryl H. Kataoka;Bonnie T. Zima;Deirdre A. Dupre;Kathleen A. Moreno

  • Violence exposure among school-age children in foster care: relationship to distress symptoms.

    Bradley D. Stein;Bonnie T. Zima;Marc N. Elliott;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Self-esteem in special education children with ADHD: relationship to disorder characteristics and medication use.

    Regina Bussing;Bonnie T. Zima;Amy R. Perwien

  • Quality of publicly-funded outpatient specialty mental health care for common childhood psychiatric disorders in California.

    Bonnie T. Zima;Michael S. Hurlburt;Penny Knapp;Heather Ladd

  • Mental Health Problems Among Homeless Mothers: Relationship to Service Use and Child Mental Health Problems

    Bonnie T. Zima;Kenneth B. Wells;Bernadette Benjamin;Naihua Duan

  • EXPLANATORY MODELS OF ADHD: DO THEY DIFFER BY ETHNICITY, CHILD GENDER, OR TREATMENT STATUS?

    Regina Bussing;Nancy E. Schoenberg;Kenneth M. Rogers;Bonnie T. Zima

  • Incarcerated Youths’ Perspectives on Protective Factors and Risk Factors for Juvenile Offending: A Qualitative Analysis

    Elizabeth S. Barnert;Raymond Perry;Veronica F. Azzi;Rashmi Shetgiri

  • Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Symptoms of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Regina Bussing;Bonnie T. Zima;Faye A. Gary;Cynthia Wilson Garvan

Frequent Co-Authors

Regina Bussing
Regina Bussing University of Florida
Paul J. Chung
Paul J. Chung Kaiser Permanente
Steven R. Forness
Steven R. Forness University of California, Los Angeles
Jeanne Miranda
Jeanne Miranda University of California, Los Angeles
Kimberly Hoagwood
Kimberly Hoagwood New York University
Kelly J. Kelleher
Kelly J. Kelleher Nationwide Children's Hospital
Craig T. Ramey
Craig T. Ramey Virginia Tech
Arleen Leibowitz
Arleen Leibowitz University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth A. Kavale
Kenneth A. Kavale Regent University
Gery W. Ryan
Gery W. Ryan Kaiser Permanente

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