Centre for Mental Health and Society

Member, CFMHAS

Research Fellow

MSc, PhD

School of Health Sciences, Bangor University
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a.krayer@bangor.ac.uk

01248 388 775

Anne Krayer

I am interested in the broad areas of health service provision for people with mental health illness and working with narrative approaches. My background is in public health and health promotion and I completed my PhD about body image perceptions in adolescents in 2009.

I am working on the GCRF – SASHI, the South Asia Self-Harm Research Capability Building Initiative (2017 – 2024). This collaborative project focuses on finding effective responses to self-harm and suicide in South Asia by building research infrastructure and expertise.

Another project I am involved in is the evaluation of a Clinical Ethics Advisory Group  (CEAG) in a mental health trust (2021 – 2024). CEAGs play an important part in ensuring high standards of ethical practice through case consultation and policy development. The work is led by Professor Huxley.

Previous selected research projects

Development of a self-harm registry for North Wales.  2024. £35k, with Rob Poole, Emily Bebbington, Catherine Robinson

Organisational Culture and Self-Legitimacy in Policing (Martina Feilzer & Anne Krayer). Funded by North Wales Police (£20,000), 2016/17

Early review of the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Wales. (Krayer, A. & Robinson & C.) Funded by the Welsh Government, Offender Health Policy (£10,000), 2016/17.

Social network analysis for modelling integrated social care services for older people with complex needs: a feasibility study. (Orrell, A, Huxley, P & Krayer, A) Funded by Health and Care Research Wales (£215,852.00), 2016-18.

Improving assessment and treatment of mental disorder after Deliberate Self Harm in South India (Poole, R, Danivas, V, Krishna, M, Robinson, C., Sharma, V. & Majige, S). Funded by the Tropical Health Education Trust, DFID/Bangor University, £65,000, 2015-17

Vulnerable adults and anti-social behaviour: an exploration of current practice. (Krayer, A., Robinson, C.A., Poole, R., Jones, B., Isaacs, M., Foulkes, T. & Lacy, F.). Funded by NISCHR (£169,495), 2013-2015.

Appointments

Research Fellow, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Bangor University

I am a member of the international committee organising the qualitative research in mental health conference. This bi-annual conference is an international transdisciplinary forum for dedicated qualitative research on a range of topics in the field of mental health, using a variety of methodologies and approaches.

I supervise Masters and PhD students. Examples of research projects include:

  • Service user and caregiver involvement in Low and Middle-Income countries: A scoping review.
  • Optimising the effectiveness of Education about Psychosis in improving understanding and reducing stigmatising attitudes (ESRC DTP PhD Studentship)
  • What interventions are available for homeless people who have experienced childhood trauma? A systematic review.

I also teach the public health nutrition module and qualitative methods at postgraduate level and I am a member of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences Ethics committee.

Activities

Selected Presentations

Krayer, A. The challenging role of police in suicide in Rajasthan: findings from an interview study. Suicide Cultures Conference, Edinburgh, 13 June 2023.

Krayer, A. Introduction to narrative research. Workshop on narrative research for postgraduate psychology students at JSS Medical College, Mysore, India as part of the capacity building activities for SASHI, March 2023

Krayer, A. Police Perceptions of Self-Harm and Suicide in Rajasthan. Presentation to the SASHI Research Networking Group. 18 October 2022

Krayer, A. & Das, S. Sensitive self harm and mental health research in South Asia: How to best support local researchers. Qualitative Research in Mental Health conference, online. September 2021.

Krayer, A. Self-harm research: building capacity in qualitative methods. Invited presentation at the Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing of Communities Conference, IIHMR University Jaipur, 9 Feb 2019.

Krayer, A. Building research and evidence capacity in South Asia. Understanding the nature of self-harm. Invited presentation at Manchester University as part of a seminar on World Suicide Day organised by the Global mental health and cultural psychiatry research group, University of Manchester, Manchester 10 September 2018.

Krayer, A., Murali Krishna, Catherine A. Robinson & Rob Poole How do health professionals in South India talk about self-harm? A narrative pilot study. Presentation at the 7th Qualitative Research on Mental Health Conference, Berlin September 2018 .

Supervision

Sharon Hutchings, PhD Student

 

Books

  • Reviewing and reading research. From ideas to findings. Iphofen, R., Krayer, A. & C. Robinson . Bangor University: 2009. p. ISBN 978-1-84220-120-6.

Papers

  • Bebbington, E.; Poole, R.; Kumar, S.P.; Krayer, A.; Krishna, M.; Taylor, P.; Hawton, K.; Raman, R.; Kakola, M.; Srinivasarangan, M.; Robinson, C. Establishing Self-Harm Registers: The Role of Process Mapping to Improve Quality of Surveillance Data Globally. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2023. 20, 2647. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032647
  • Huxley P, Krayer A, Poole R, Gromadzka A, Jie, D L and Nafees, S . The Goldberg–Huxley model of the pathway to psychiatric care: 21st-century systematic review. BJPsych Open. 2023. Volume 9 , Issue 4 , July 2023 , e114. Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/goldberghuxley-model-of-the-pathway-to-psychiatric-care-21stcentury-systematic-review/A26CD636065EF580691D379C2CD60682 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.505
  • Krayer, A.; Kulhari, S.; Sharma, V.; Robinson, C. . Pathways to Suicide among Police in Rajasthan: Perceptions and Experiences of Police Personnel. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2023. 20, 1812. . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031812
  • McPhillips, R., Nafees, S., Elahi, A., Batool, S., Krishna, M., Krayer, A., Huxley, P., Chaudhry, N., Robinson, C.. Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of self-harm and suicide in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open . 2022. 11(6): e041645. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041645
  • Huxley, P., Krayer, A., Poole, R., Prendergast, L., Aryal, S. & Warner, R. . Schizophrenia outcomes in the 21st century: A systematic review. Brain and Behaviour. 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2172
  • Orrell, A, Dallimore, D, Krayer, A. & Huxley, P. Fragmentation or integration: A mixed methods case study of integrated services for older people with high support needs. International Journal of Integrated Care. 2019. 19, S1, 2, 626. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s3626
  • McPhillips, R, Nafees, S, Krishna, M, Krayer, A, Huxley, P. & Robinson, C, . Knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of self-harm and suicide: a systematic review. 2019.
  • Krayer A, Robinson CA, Poole R. . Exploration of joint working practices on anti-social behaviour between criminal justice, mental health and social care agencies. A qualitative study. Health Soc Care Community. 2018. 00: 1–11. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12543
  • Krayer, A, Gwilym, H, Seddon, D, Robinson, CA . The Influence of Child Sexual Abuse on the Self from Adult Narrative Perspectives. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 2015. 24 (2) 135-151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2015.1001473
  • Krayer A., Robinson CA, Poole R, Wolfendale C. Service provision for people with mental health and substance misuse problems – the relationship between stigma and social exclusion. National Institute for Social Care and Health Research. 2013.
  • Seddon, D., Krayer, A., Robinson, C., Woods, B. & Tommis, Y. Care coordination: translating policy into practice for older people. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 2013. 14 (2): 81-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/14717791311327033

Reports

  • Feilzer, M & Krayer, A . Organisational Culture and Self-Legitimacy in Policing in North Wales: Final report. Bangor University; 2017.
  • Krayer, A., & Robinson, C.A. . Early review of the mental health crisis care concordat. Bangor University & Welsh Government; 2017. Available from: https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/20377265/MHCCC_FINAL_REPORT_29_06_2017.pdf
  • Feilzer, M. & Krayer, A. . Organisation Culture and Self-Legitimacy in Policing in North Wales. School of Social Sciences, Bangor; Final Report June 2017. 2017.
  • Krayer, A & Robinson, C. Early Review of the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat. Report to Welsh Government. 2016.
  • Krayer, A., Robinson, CA, Poole, R & Wolfendale, C. Service provision for people with mental health and substance misuse problems – the relationship between stigma and social exclusion. Final Report to the National Institute for Social Care and Health Research. 2013.