Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Contact Information
601E Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-7333
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
Teaching Interests
Sociology, research methods, human development over the life span
Publications
Beresford SAA, Farmer EMZ, Feingold L, Graves KL, Sumner SK, Baker RM. Evaluation of a self-help dietary intervention in a primary care setting. American Journal of Public Health 82: 79-84, 1992.
Farmer EMZ. Externalizing behavior in the life course: The transition from school to work.Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 1: 179-188, 1993.
Farmer EMZ, Angold A, Burns BJ, Costello EJ. Reliability of self-reported service use: Test-retest consistency of children's responses to the Child and Adolescent Services Assessment (CASA). Journal of Child and Family Studies 3: 307-325, 1994.
Burns BJ, Costello EJ, Angold A, Tweed DL, Stangl DK, Farmer EMZ, Erkanli A. Children’s mental health service use across service sectors. Health Affairs 14: 147-159, 1995.
Farmer EMZ. Extremity of externalizing behavior and young adult outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 36: 617-632, 1995.
Ascher BH, Farmer EMZ, Burns BJ, Angold A. The Child and Adolescent Services Assessment (CASA): Description and psychometrics.Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 4: 12-20, 1996.
Burns BJ, Farmer EMZ, Angold A, Costello EJ, Behar L. A randomized trial of case management for youths with serious emotional disturbance. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 25: 476-486, 1996.
Farmer TW, Farmer EMZ. Social relationships of students with exceptionalities in mainstream classrooms: Social networks and homophily. Exceptional Children 62: 431-450, 1996.
Burns BJ, Costello EJ, Erkanli A, Tweed DL, Farmer EMZ, Angold A. Insurance coverage and mental health service use by adolescents with serious emotional disturbance. Journal of Child and Family Studies 6: 89-111, 1997.
Costello EJ, Farmer EMZ, Angold A, Burns BJ, Erkanli A. Psychiatric disorders among American Indian and White youth in Appalachia: The Great Smoky Mountains Study. American Journal of Public Health 87: 827-832, 1997.
Farmer EMZ, Burns BJ, Angold A, Costello EJ. Impact of children’s mental health problems on families: Relationships with service use. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 5: 230-238, 1997.
Federman EB, Costello EJ, Angold A, Farmer EMZ, Erkanli A. Development of substance abuse and psychiatric comorbidity in an epidemiologic study of White and American Indian young adolescents: The Great Smoky Mountains Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 44: 69-78, 1997.
Angold A, Messer SC, Stangl DK, Farmer EMZ, Costello EJ, Burns BJ. Perceived parental burden and service use for child and adolescent psychiatric disorders. American Journal of Public Health 88: 75-80, 1998.
Angold A, Costello EJ, Farmer EMZ, Burns BJ, Erkanli A. Impaired but undiagnosed. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 38: 129-137, 1999.
Farmer EMZ, Stangl DK, Burns BJ, Costello EJ, Angold A. Use, persistence, and intensity: Patterns of care for children’s mental health across one year. Community Mental Health Journal 35: 31-46, 1999.
Farmer TW, Farmer EMZ, Gut DM. Implications of social development research for school-based interventions for aggressive youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 7: 130-136, 1999.
Angold A, Costello EJ, Burns BJ, Erkanli A, Farmer EMZ. Effectiveness of non-residential specialty mental health services for children and adolescents in the ‘real world.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 39: 154-160, 2000.
Farmer EMZ. Issues confronting effective services in systems of care. Children and Youth Services Review 22: 627-650, 2000.
Farmer EMZ, Farmer TW. The role of schools in outcomes for youth: Implications for children’s mental health services research. Journal of Child and Family Studies 8: 377-396, 2000.
Farmer EMZ, Chapman M, Phillips SD, Burns BJ. Use of mental health services by youth in contact with social services. Social Service Review 75: 605-624, 2001.
Mustillo S, Dorsey S, and Farmer EMZ. Quality of relationships between youth and community service providers: Reliability and validity of the trusting relationship questionnaire. Journal of Child and Family Studies 14: 577-590, 2005.
Bath, R.P., Landsverk, J., Chamberlain, P., Reid, J.B., Rolls, J.A., Hurlburt, M.S., Farmer, E.M.Z., James, S., McCAbe, K.M., & Kohl, P.L. (2005). Parent-training programs in child welfare services: Panning for a more evidence-based approach to serving biological parents. Research on Social Work Practice 15: 353-371.
Fields, E, Farmer, EMZ, Apperson, LJ, Mustillo, SA, and Simmers, DA. (2006). Treatment and post-treatment effects of residential treatment using a Re-Education Model. Behavior Disorders 31: 312-322.
Farmer, TW, Farmer, EMZ, Estell, DB, & Hutchins, B. (2007). The developmental dynamics of aggression and the prevention of school violence. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 197-208.
Farmer, EMZ, Mustillo, SA, Burns, BJ, & Holden, EW. (2008). Use and predictors of out-of-home placements within systems of care. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 5-14.
Dorsey, S., Mustillo, S.A., Farmer, E.M.Z., and Elbogen, E. (2008). Caseworker assessments of risk for recurrent maltreatment: Association with case-specific risk factors and re-reports. Child Abuse and Neglect, 32, 377-391.
Duppong Hurley, K., Shaw, T., Thompson, R., Griffith, A. K., Farmer E. M.Z., & Tierney, J. (2008). Assessing staff competence at implementing a multi-faceted residential program for youth: Development and initial psychometrics of a staff observation form. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 23, 83-104.
Griffith, A. K., Trout, A. L., Chmelka, B., Farmer, E. M. Z., Epstein, M. H., Reid, R., Huefner, J. C., & Orduna, D. (2009). Youth departing from residential care: A gender comparison. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 18, 31-38.
Dorsey, S., Farmer, E.M.Z., Barth, R.P., Greene, K., Reid, J., & Landsverk, J. (2008). Current status and evidence base of training for foster and treatment foster parents. Children and Youth Services Review, 30, 1403-1416.
Farmer, E.M.Z., Southerland, D.G., Mustillo, S.A., & Burns, B.J. (in press). Returning home in systems of care: Rates, predictors, and stability. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (available electronically 11/08).
Southerland, D.G., Mustillo, S.A., Farmer, E.M.Z., Stambaugh, L.F., & Murray, M. (in press). What’s the relationship got to do with it? Understanding the therapeutic relationship in therapeutic foster care. Child and Adolescent Social Work (electronic availability, 10/08).
Southerland, D.G., Farmer, E.M.Z., Wagner, H.R., & Burns, B.J. (under review). Transition age youth in therapeutic foster care: Factors associated with patterns of mental health service use. Social
Education
B.A., 1984 The College of William and Mary B.A.
M.A., 1986 The College of William and Mary M.A.
Ph.D., 1991 Duke University Ph.D.