Faculty
Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer
Ph.D., Duke University, 1991
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration, College of Health and Human Development
Contact Information
114 Henderson Building
Phone:
814-863-7333
Fax:
814-863-2905
http://www.prevention.psu.edu/
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hpa/faculty/FacultyFarmer.html
Research Interests
Children's mental health services, effectiveness of mental health interventions, mental health in life course trajectories, community-based services for youth, role of schools in children's mental mealth services
Examples of Current Prevention Projects
Therapeutic Foster Care in a System of Care
National Institute on Mental Health
Start Date: 1998
The major goal of this project is to examine effectiveness via a randomized trial of an enhanced model of therapeutic foster care (TFC) for youth in long-term care.
Recent Publications
Farmer, E. M. Z., Chapman, M., Phillips, S. D., & Burns, B. J. (2001). Use of mental health services by youth in contact with social services. Social Service Review, 75, 605-624.
Farmer, T. W., & Farmer, E. M. Z. (2001). Developmental science, systems of care, and prevention of emotional and behavioral problems in youth. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71, 171-181.
Farmer, E. M. Z., Burns, B. J., Dubs, M. S., & Thompson, S. (2002). Assessing conformity to standards for treatment foster care. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10, 213-222.
Farmer, E. M. Z., Compton, S. N., Burns, B. J., & Robertson, E. (2002). Review of the evidence base for treatment of childhood psychopathology: Externalizing disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 1267-1302.
Farmer, E. M. Z., Burns, B. J., Angold, A., & Costello, E. J. (2003). Pathways into and through care: Patterns of child and adolescent mental health service use. Psychiatric Services, 54, 60-66.
Farmer, E. M. Z., Wagner, H. R., Burns, B. J., & Richards, J. T. (2003). Treatment foster care in a system of care: Sequences and correlates of residential placements. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12, 11-25.
Farmer, E. M. Z., & Dorsey, S. (2004). Evidence update: Intensive home and community interventions. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 13, 857-884.
Fields, E., Farmer, E. M. Z., Apperson, L. J., Mustillo, S. A., & Simmers, D. A. (2006). Treatment and post-treatment effects of residential treatment using a Re-Education Model. Behavior Disorders, 31, 312-322.
Farmer, E. M. Z., Mustillo, S. A., Wagner, H. R., Burns, B. J., Kolko, D. J., Barth, R. P., & Leslie, L. (in press). Multi-sector service use for mental health problems by youth in contact with child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review.