School of Health & Wellbeing

Miss Krystyna Loney

  • Research Assistant (Mental Health & Wellbeing)

Biography

Krystyna is a Research Assistant in the Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory (SBRL). She works on training and intervention development of the national Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) and is an Academic Advisor to the National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group of the Scottish Government.

Krystyna is also currently completing her PhD in SBRL. Her PhD focuses on understanding the relationship between coping/social problem-solving and suicide risk. Prior to this Krystyna completed a MSc in Clinical Health Psychology and an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology at the University of Strathclyde.

 

Research interests

  • Suicide and self-harm 
  • Distress intervention and prevention of mental illness
  • Coping and social problem-solving 
  • Interpersonal factors 

Publications

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Number of items: 7.

2026

Hayakawa, Akane, Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751 and O'Connor, Rory ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994 (2026) The association between acculturation and acculturative stress and suicidality among ethnic minorities and immigrants: a scoping review. Transcultural Psychiatry, (Accepted for Publication)

2025

Wetherall, K. et al. (2025) Emotion processing and electrodermal activity in young people who self-harm. Nature Mental Health, 3(11), pp. 1374-1383. (doi: 10.1038/s44220-025-00520-5)

Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751 and O'Connor, Rory C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994 (2025) Suicide Prevention in High-Risk Settings: A Scoping Review. Documentation. National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group. (Unpublished)

Etherson, M. E. et al. (2025) Exploring risk and protective factors which distinguish suicidal and self-harm behaviours from suicidal and self-harm ideation in young people: a systematic review. PLoS ONE, 20(9), e0326381. (doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0326381) (PMID:40991674) (PMCID:PMC12459848)

2024

Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751, Mcclelland, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, O'Connor, Rory ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994 and Platt, Steve (2024) A Rapid Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions for Reducing Suicide Risk in Young People Within Different Settings. Documentation. National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group. (Unpublished)

Mcclelland, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751 and Platt, Steve (2024) Psychological factors associated with suicide attempt and suicide death in Scotland: a systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 15, 100711. (doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100711)

2022

Mcclelland, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751, Etherson, Marianne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-2324 and Platt, Steve (2022) Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Suicidal and Self-injurious Behaviours in the Scottish Population. Documentation. Unpublished. (Unpublished)

This list was generated on Sat Mar 28 19:40:32 2026 GMT.
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Number of items: 7.

Articles

Hayakawa, Akane, Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751 and O'Connor, Rory ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994 (2026) The association between acculturation and acculturative stress and suicidality among ethnic minorities and immigrants: a scoping review. Transcultural Psychiatry, (Accepted for Publication)

Wetherall, K. et al. (2025) Emotion processing and electrodermal activity in young people who self-harm. Nature Mental Health, 3(11), pp. 1374-1383. (doi: 10.1038/s44220-025-00520-5)

Etherson, M. E. et al. (2025) Exploring risk and protective factors which distinguish suicidal and self-harm behaviours from suicidal and self-harm ideation in young people: a systematic review. PLoS ONE, 20(9), e0326381. (doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0326381) (PMID:40991674) (PMCID:PMC12459848)

Mcclelland, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751 and Platt, Steve (2024) Psychological factors associated with suicide attempt and suicide death in Scotland: a systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 15, 100711. (doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100711)

Research Reports or Papers

Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751 and O'Connor, Rory C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994 (2025) Suicide Prevention in High-Risk Settings: A Scoping Review. Documentation. National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group. (Unpublished)

Loney, Krystyna J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751, Mcclelland, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, O'Connor, Rory ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994 and Platt, Steve (2024) A Rapid Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions for Reducing Suicide Risk in Young People Within Different Settings. Documentation. National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group. (Unpublished)

Mcclelland, Heather ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4900-0751, Etherson, Marianne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-2324 and Platt, Steve (2022) Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Suicidal and Self-injurious Behaviours in the Scottish Population. Documentation. Unpublished. (Unpublished)

This list was generated on Sun Mar 29 21:24:22 2026 BST.