Faculty of Medical Sciences

Dr. Michael H. Campbell

Dr. Michael H. Campbell

Deputy Dean of Research & Graduate Studies
Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Science/Clinical Psychology

Chair, Research Ethics Committee, Cave Hill Campus and Barbados Ministry of Health and Wellness

FMS
Clinical Sciences

Bio

Dr. Mike Campbell is an academic psychologist working in hospital-based practice, individual and community crisis response, and climate-related mental health. He supports the Caribbean Public Health Agency as vice chair of the CARPHA Research Ethics Committee and through service on other committees. He is co-chair of the Caribbean Centre for Geopsychiatry and a member of the Standing Committee on Disaster Mental Health Committee of the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations. Dr. Campbell serves on the Editorial Boards of Geopsychiatry, World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and BMC Medical Education, as well as the Scientific Board of the Innovations in Qualitative Research book series. He is editor of the CANREC Bulletin. He is past president of the Barbados Society of Psychology, a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 1, 12, 17, and 52), and a fellow of the British Psychological Society.

 

Qualifications

  • PhD (Counselling Psychology), University of Florida, 1998
  • Doctoral Internship in Professional Psychology, University of Wyoming, 1997
  • MS (Geography), Florida State University, 1993
  • BA (Psychology/Latin American Studies), New College of Florida, 1991
  • Registered Psychologist, Barbados
  • Licensed Psychologist, Florida
  • CPsychol, FBPsS, UK

Research Areas

Dr. Campbell publishes in the areas of global health psychology, psychological measurement, environmental mental health, and bioethics. He collaborates with colleagues across health professions regionally and internationally.

I am editing the following collections with colleagues: 1. Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and the Planet: Environment, Climate Sustainability and Nature. Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2026). 2. Special Topic on Youth Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychiatry (forthcoming 2026). https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/71396/youth-mental-health Current empirical projects: 1. UWI Cave Hill Comprehensive Student Health Assessment, 2022-2026 (principal investigator) Data collection for this effort began in 2022, and a second administration is planned for academic year 2025-26. The project has several associated studies completed or in progress in the areas of intimate partner violence, resilience, suicidal behaviour, and substance misuse.

Teaching Areas

  • Psychiatry Postgraduate Programme (DM)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine
  • Psychiatry Clinical Clerkship
  • Behavioural Medicine
  • Psychotherapy
  • Research Ethics

Publications

  1. Hamadeh, A., El-Khoury, J.*, Torales, J., Atoui, M., Aggarwal, N., Campbell, M., Lashley, M., Corrêa de Magalhães Narvaez, J., McMahon, A., Ventriglio, A., Alibudbud, R., Ramachandran, P., Moura, H., Okasha, T., Tribe, R., Day, G., Javed, A., Persaud, A., Bhugra, D. (2025). A critical review of the evolution and interrelation of traumatic stress disorders. PLOS Mental Health, 2(7), e0000385. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000385
  2. 2. Campbell, M. H.* & Greaves, N. S. (2024). SHARE: An ethical framework for equitable data sharing in Caribbean health research. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 48, e97. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2024.97
  3.  Campbell, M. H.*, Gromer-Thomas, J., Khan, K., Sa., B., Lashley, P. M., Cohall, D., Chin, C. E., Pierre, R. B., Adams, O. P., & Majumder, M. A. A.* (2024). Measuring Caribbean stress and resilient coping: Psychometric properties of the PSS-10 and BRCS in a multi-country study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 11, e77, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2024.83
  4. Evans-Gilbert, T., Blades, E., Boodoosingh, R., Campbell, M. H., Christie, C. D. C., Manzanero, M., Mullings-George, J., Ottley, E., Outerbridge, C-M., Sobers, N. P., Davidson, T., Extavour, R. M., St. John, J., Reveiz, L., Sagastuy B., & Neumann, I.*(2024). Adaptation of WHO COVID-19 Guidelines by Caribbean countries and territories. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102(10), 699-706. https://doi.org/10.2471%2FBLT.23.290796
  5. Campbell, M. H.*, Emmanuel, M. K., Greaves, N. S., & Lashley, M. (2024). Editorial: Vulnerability and resilience in small island developing states. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15,1494503. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1494503

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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-2612

Keywords

Psychology, global health, bioethics, Caribbean