Michael T. Compton, MD, MPH
Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H. is Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as Research Psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He is triple-board-certified in psychiatry, preventive medicine, and lifestyle medicine. He has maintained continuous National Institute of Mental Health research funding for 20 years, conducting research on first-episode psychosis, the Crisis Intervention Team model of collaboration between law enforcement and mental health, a linkage system between police officers and the local mental health system, and the effectiveness of a new form of recovery-oriented community navigation for persons with serious mental illnesses and repeated hospitalizations. His research has led to more than 300 publications. Dr. Compton is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. He is very interested in incorporating public health and prevention into psychiatry, one means of which is by addressing the social determinants of health. Included among his nine books to date are: Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health (2009), The Social Determinants of Mental Health (2015), and Struggle and Solidarity: Seven Stories of How Americans Fought for Their Mental Health through Federal Legislation (2023).
Papers, Books, and Other Publications Relevant to SDoH
Shim R, Koplan K, Langheim FJP, Manseau MW, Powers RA, Compton MT (2014) The social determinants of mental health: An overview and call to action. Psychiatric Annals, 44:22–26.
Compton MT (2014) Food insecurity as a social determinant of mental health. Psychiatric Annals, 44:46–51.
Compton MT, Shim RS (2015) The social determinants of mental health. Focus, 13:419–425.
Compton MT, Shim RS, Editors (2015) The Social Determinants of Mental Health. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, 270 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1-58562-477-5.
Attademo L, Bernardini F, Garinella R, Compton MT (2017) Environmental pollution and risk of psychotic disorders: A review of the science to date. Schizophrenia Research, 181:55–59.
Shim RS, Compton MT (2018) Addressing the social determinants of mental health: If not now, when? If not us, who? Psychiatric Services, 69:844–846.
Myers N, Sood A, Alolayan Y, Broussard B, Fox K, King K, LoGalbo E, Thompson L, Compton MT (2019) Coping with food insecurity among African Americans in public-sector mental health services: A qualitative study. Community Mental Health Journal, 55:440–447.
Compton MT, Bakeman R, Capulong L, Pauselli L, Alolayan Y, Crisafio A, King K, Reed T, Broussard B, Shim R (2020) Associations between two domains of social adversity and recovery among persons with serious mental illnesses being treated in community mental health centers. Community Mental Health Journal, 56:22–31.
Compton MT, Shim RS (2020). Why employers must focus on the social determinants of mental health. American Journal of Health Promotion, 34(2):215–219.
Shim RS, Compton MT (2020) The social determinants of mental health: Psychiatrists’ roles in addressing discrimination and food insecurity. Focus, 18:25–30.
Langlois S, Pauselli L, Anderson S, Ashekun O, Ellis S, Graves J, Zern A, Gaffney E, Shim RS, Compton MT (2020) Effects of perceived social status and discrimination on hope and empowerment among individuals with serious mental illnesses. Psychiatry Research, 286:112855. PMID: 32092596
Bernardini F, Attademo L, Rotter M, Compton MT (2021) Social determinants of mental health as mediators and moderators of the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatric Services, 72:598–601.
Rotter M, Compton M (2021) Criminal legal involvement: A cause and consequence of social determinants of health. Psychiatric Services, 73:108–111.
Ku BS, Compton MT, Walker EF, Druss BG (2021) Social fragmentation and schizophrenia: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 83(1):21r13941. doi: 10.4088/JCP.21r13941
Rotter M, Compton M, Samaranayake D, Ehntholt A, Baldwin E, Schaeffer L, Feeney S, Smith TE. (2022) The social determinants of mental health: A descriptive study of state mental health agencies’ priorities. Community Mental Health Journal, 58:1121–1129.
Compton MT, Ku BS (2022) Prevalence of food insecurity and living in a food desert among individuals with serious mental illnesses in public mental health clinics. Community Mental Health Journal, 59:357–362.
Ehntholt A, Frimpong EY, Compton MT, Rowan GA, Ferdousi W, Swetnam H, Chaudhry S, Radigan M, Smith TE, Rotter M (2022) Prevalence and correlates of four social determinants in a statewide survey of licensed mental health services. Psychiatric Services, 73:1282–1285.
Compton MT, Manseau MW (2023) Struggle and Solidarity: Seven Stories of How Americans Fought for Their Mental Health through Federal Legislation. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, 241 pages, ISBN-13: 9781615372386.
Compton MT (2023) Food and nutrition insecurity: A social determinant hungry for attention by mental health professionals. Psychiatric Services (in press).