Ruth S Shim
Biographic Data
| ID | 4487260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth S Shim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth S |
| FAMILY NAME | Shim |
| SIGNATURE | SHIM R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4509-590X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How Anti-DEI Policies Adversely Affect Mental Health
This JAMA Forum discusses the effects of discriminatory policies on mental health, ways that antidiscrimination policies protect mental health outcomes, and how promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies benefits everyone
Ending the Criminalization of People With Serious Mental Illness
This JAMA Forum discusses what the data show regarding individuals with serious mental illness, current and potential interventions, and ways to end the criminalization of mental illness in the US
Community Innovations to Improve Black Maternal Health
This JAMA Forum discusses efforts to improve Black maternal health in the US and provides examples of community-based birthing centers and initiatives
Psychotic Disorders and Structural Racism
Dismantling Structural Racism in Academic Medicine
Structural racism is pervasive in U.S. society, and academic medicine is not immune to the effects of this disease. The social determinants of health have been implicated as the main drivers of health disparities and inequities in society, and racism has been well established as a social determinant of health. Research consistently highlights poor health outcomes for Black populations and other communities of color compared with White populations…
Social (in)Justice and Mental Health
Associations Between Two Domains of Social Adversity and Recovery Among Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses Being Treated in Community Mental Health Centers
Predictors of Client Satisfaction with Outpatient Mental Health Clinic Services in Italy and New York
Predictors of Mental Health Treatment Seeking and Engagement in a Community Mental Health Center
The Social Determinants of Mental Health
It is well known that social factors affect risk for mental illnesses and substance use disorders, as well as health outcomes of persons with these disorders. Social and environmental factors, in addition to their independent and combined effects, can influence genetic determinants of health and illness through gene-by-environment interactions and epigenetic mechanisms. Such social and environmental factors clearly have an effect at the individua…
The Relation Between Diabetes Self-Efficacy and Psychological Distress Among Older Adults
Findings suggest that diabetes self-efficacy is associated with psychological distress among older diabetic patients and that race/ethnicity moderates the relationship between diabetes self-efficacy and psychological distress. Increasing diabetes self-efficacy will help racial/ethnic minority older patients with diabetes to improve psychological well-being at a greater level
Primary Care, Behavioral Health, and Public Health
The authors reflect on the role that collaboration between the primary care, behavioral health and public health sectors can play in reducing mental health stigma. They suggest that stigma against mental illness and substance abuse disorders contributes to poor health outcomes and is a major public health problem. They argue that a collaboration between primary care, behavioral health and public health is essential to achieve less stigmatized, mo…
Racial Disparities in Economic and Clinical Outcomes of Pregnancy Among Medicaid Recipients
Mental Comorbidity and Quality of Diabetes Care Under Medicaid
BACKGROUND: Patients with comorbid medical and mental conditions are at risk for poor quality of care. With the anticipated expansion of Medicaid under health reform, it is particularly important to develop national estimates of the magnitude and correlates of quality deficits related to mental comorbidity among Medicaid enrollees. METHODS: For all 657,628 fee-for-service Medicaid enrollees with diabetes during 2003 to 2004, the study compared He…
Pilot Testing and Preliminary Evaluation of a Suicide Prevention Education Program for Emergency Department Personnel
Primary Care, Behavioral Health, and Public Health
The authors reflect on the role that collaboration between the primary care, behavioral health and public health sectors can play in reducing mental health stigma. They suggest that stigma against mental illness and substance abuse disorders contributes to poor health outcomes and is a major public health problem. They argue that a collaboration between primary care, behavioral health and public health is essential to achieve less stigmatized, mo…
Associations Between Two Domains of Social Adversity and Recovery Among Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses Being Treated in Community Mental Health Centers
Predictors of Mental Health Treatment Seeking and Engagement in a Community Mental Health Center
The Relation Between Diabetes Self-Efficacy and Psychological Distress Among Older Adults
Findings suggest that diabetes self-efficacy is associated with psychological distress among older diabetic patients and that race/ethnicity moderates the relationship between diabetes self-efficacy and psychological distress. Increasing diabetes self-efficacy will help racial/ethnic minority older patients with diabetes to improve psychological well-being at a greater level
Pilot Testing and Preliminary Evaluation of a Suicide Prevention Education Program for Emergency Department Personnel
Racial Disparities in Economic and Clinical Outcomes of Pregnancy Among Medicaid Recipients
Mental Comorbidity and Quality of Diabetes Care Under Medicaid
BACKGROUND: Patients with comorbid medical and mental conditions are at risk for poor quality of care. With the anticipated expansion of Medicaid under health reform, it is particularly important to develop national estimates of the magnitude and correlates of quality deficits related to mental comorbidity among Medicaid enrollees. METHODS: For all 657,628 fee-for-service Medicaid enrollees with diabetes during 2003 to 2004, the study compared He…
Primary Care, Behavioral Health, and Public Health
The authors reflect on the role that collaboration between the primary care, behavioral health and public health sectors can play in reducing mental health stigma. They suggest that stigma against mental illness and substance abuse disorders contributes to poor health outcomes and is a major public health problem. They argue that a collaboration between primary care, behavioral health and public health is essential to achieve less stigmatized, mo…
The Relation Between Diabetes Self-Efficacy and Psychological Distress Among Older Adults
Findings suggest that diabetes self-efficacy is associated with psychological distress among older diabetic patients and that race/ethnicity moderates the relationship between diabetes self-efficacy and psychological distress. Increasing diabetes self-efficacy will help racial/ethnic minority older patients with diabetes to improve psychological well-being at a greater level
The Social Determinants of Mental Health
It is well known that social factors affect risk for mental illnesses and substance use disorders, as well as health outcomes of persons with these disorders. Social and environmental factors, in addition to their independent and combined effects, can influence genetic determinants of health and illness through gene-by-environment interactions and epigenetic mechanisms. Such social and environmental factors clearly have an effect at the individua…
Predictors of Client Satisfaction with Outpatient Mental Health Clinic Services in Italy and New York
Predictors of Mental Health Treatment Seeking and Engagement in a Community Mental Health Center
Associations Between Two Domains of Social Adversity and Recovery Among Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses Being Treated in Community Mental Health Centers
Dismantling Structural Racism in Academic Medicine
Structural racism is pervasive in U.S. society, and academic medicine is not immune to the effects of this disease. The social determinants of health have been implicated as the main drivers of health disparities and inequities in society, and racism has been well established as a social determinant of health. Research consistently highlights poor health outcomes for Black populations and other communities of color compared with White populations…
Social (in)Justice and Mental Health
Psychotic Disorders and Structural Racism
How Anti-DEI Policies Adversely Affect Mental Health
This JAMA Forum discusses the effects of discriminatory policies on mental health, ways that antidiscrimination policies protect mental health outcomes, and how promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies benefits everyone
Ending the Criminalization of People With Serious Mental Illness
This JAMA Forum discusses what the data show regarding individuals with serious mental illness, current and potential interventions, and ways to end the criminalization of mental illness in the US
Community Innovations to Improve Black Maternal Health
This JAMA Forum discusses efforts to improve Black maternal health in the US and provides examples of community-based birthing centers and initiatives
Medicine (12 works) · Mental health (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)