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
Farmer TW, Farmer EMZ, Estell DB. Developmental dynamics of aggression and the prevention of school violence. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: in press.
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: in press.
Farmer EMZ, Dorsey S: Evidence update: Intensive home and community interventions. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 13:857-884.
Breland-Noble AM, Farmer EMZ, Dubs MS, Potter EM, Burns BJ: Mental health and other service use by youth in therapeutic foster care and group homes. Journal of Child and Family Studies 14: 167-180, 2005.
Wells KM, Farmer EMZ, Richards JT, Burns BJ. The experience of being a treatment foster mother. Qualitative Social Work 3: 117-138, 2004.
Breland-Noble AM, Elbogen EB, Farmer EMZ, Dubs MS, Wagner HR, Burns BJ: Use of psychotropic medications by youths in therapeutic foster care and group homes. Psychiatric Services 55: 706-708, 2004.
Farmer EMZ, Wagner HR, Burns BJ, Richards JT. Treatment foster care in a system of care: Sequences and correlates of residential placements. Journal of Child and Family Studies 12: 11-25, 2003.
Farmer EMZ, Burns BJ, Angold A, Costello EJ. Pathways into and through care: Patterns of child and adolescent mental health service use. Psychiatric Services 54: 60-66, 2003.
Farmer EMZ, Compton SN, Burns BJ, Robertson E. Review of the evidence base for treatment of childhood psychopathology: Externalizing disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 70: 1267-1302, 2002.
Farmer EMZ, Burns BJ, Dubs MS, THompson S. Assessing conformity to standars for treatment foster care, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 10: 213-222, 2002.
Angold A, Erkanli A, Farmer EMZ, Fairbank JA, Burns BJ, Keeler G, Costello EJ. Psychiatric disorder, impairment and service use in rural African American and White youth. Archives of General Psychiatry 59: 893-901, 2002.
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.