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
2025
Loney, Krystyna J. and O'Connor, Rory C. 
ORCID: 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(Unpublished)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., Mcclelland, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: 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(Unpublished)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: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna J. 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna, Etherson, Marianne ORCID: 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Unpublished.
(Unpublished)
Articles
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: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna J. 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. and O'Connor, Rory C. ORCID: 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., Mcclelland, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-5230, Loney, Krystyna, Etherson, Marianne ORCID: 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)