Candace Killian Farrell
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Behavioral Helath Consultant, Children's Hopspital of Philadelphia, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Quality Improvement Rotation Director/Supervisor, Social Work Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of Social Work Training, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
CHOP Primary Care Springfield
1001 Baltimore Pike, Suite 208
Springfield, PA 19064
1001 Baltimore Pike, Suite 208
Springfield, PA 19064
Office: 2153885356
Email:
farrellck@chop.edu
farrellck@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Clemson University, 2000.
MS (Social Work)
Columbia University, 2003.
PhD (Social Work)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016.
BA (Psychology)
Clemson University, 2000.
MS (Social Work)
Columbia University, 2003.
PhD (Social Work)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016.
Post-Graduate Training
Social Work Intern, Community Counseling and Mediation, Brooklyn, NY, 2001-2002.
Social Work Intern, Employee Assistance Program Consortium, New York, NY, 2002-2003.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Post-Doctoral Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016-2018.
Permanent linkSocial Work Intern, Community Counseling and Mediation, Brooklyn, NY, 2001-2002.
Social Work Intern, Employee Assistance Program Consortium, New York, NY, 2002-2003.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Post-Doctoral Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016-2018.
Selected Publications
Corr, R., Glier, S., Bizzell, J., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Campbell, A., Killian-Farrell, C., Belger, A.: Triple Network Functional Connectivity During Acute Stress in Adolescents and the Influence of Polyvictimizatio. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 7(9): 867-875, September 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.03.003. Epub 2022 Mar 12.Corr, R., Glier, S., Bizzell, J., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Campbell, A., Killian-Farrell, C., Belger, A.: Stress-related hippocampus activation mediates the association between polyvictimization and trait anxiety in adolescents. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 17(8): 767-776, August 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1093/scan/nsab129.
Lombardi, B.M., Bledsoe, S.E., Killian-Farrell, C., Lanier, P., Skinner, A.C.: Child and adolescent polyvictimization and depressive symptoms in young adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 36(21-22), 2021 Notes: doi.org/10.1177/0886260519888521, Epub 2019 Nov 27.
Killian-Farrell, C., Rizo, C.F., Lombardi, B., Meltzer-Brody, S., Bledsoe, S.E.: Traumatic Experience, Polyvictimization, and Perinatal Depression in a Diverse Sample of Adolescent Mothers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35(23-24): 6017-6040, November 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1177/0886260517726410. Epub 2017 Aug 21.
Bledsoe, S.E., Wike, T., Killian-Farrell, C., Lombardi, B.M., Bellows, A., Sommer, A.R., Sheely, A.: Feasibility of treating depression in pregnant adolescents using brief interpersonal psychotherapy. Social Work in Mental Health 16(3): 252-65, 2018.
Killian-Farrell, C., Graham, J., Williams, A., Bizzell, J., Waltz, H., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A. : Aberrant Stress Physiology and Brain Function in Adolescents with Arousal-Related Psychopathology. Biological Psychiatry: Supplement: 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting. 2018.
Bledsoe, S.E., Rizo, C.F., Wike, T., Killian-Farrell, C., Wessel, J., Bellows, A., Doernberg, A.: Pregnant adolescents’ perceptions of depression and psychiatric services in the United States. Women and Birth 30(5): e248-e257, October 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.02.006. Epub 2017 Mar 18.
Killian-Farrell, C., Williams, A., Bizzell, J., Waltz, H., Andersen, E., Pruessner, J., & Belger, A.: Maturation of Stress Regulatory Brain Circuits. Biological Psychiatry: Supplement: 72nd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting 2017.
O’Brien, J., White, K., Wu, Q., Killian-Farrell, C. : Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes of Sexual and Non-Sexual Abuse among Child Welfare-Involved Youth. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 25(5): 483-503, July 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1080/10538712.2016.1167801. Epub 2016 Jun 13.
Killian-Farrell, C., Bledsoe, S. E*., Fraga, C., Lombardi, B.M. & Meltzer-Brody, S. : "Interpersonal Trauma in Low-Income Adolescent Mothers: The Epidemiology of an Unrecognized Epidemic" Paper Presentation, Society for Social Work and Research 20th Annual Conference, Washington, DC. 2016.