COSTACHE Elena
Elena Costache
Psychologist
Ph.D. student
University of Strasbourg
Cognitive Psychology Laboratory (LPC)
INSERM 1114
E-mail: me.costache@unistra.fr
Topics of interest
- Emotional dysregulation in healthy subjects and adults with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders
- Impulsivity in emotionally dysregulated individuals: implication of stress inducing techniques and consequences in terms of self-harm and suicidal behaviors
- Psychophysiological aspects of emotions in daily life routines
- Alexithymia and emotional recognition
- Efficacity of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Personality traits, cognitive biases, and psychopathology
Degrees and training
| 2021- present | Ph.D. student (Psychology; Adult Clinical Stream), Cognitive Psychology Laboratory (LPC), University of Strasbourg, Supervisors: Pr. Luisa Weiner and Dr. Sebastien Weibel Thesis: Emotional Dysregulation in healthy volunteers and adults with autism spectrum disorder without an intellectual disability: an ecological, cognitive and psychophysiological approach |
| 2021 | Tuscany Order of Psychologists (registration #9524), Areas of practice: Assessment |
| 2016-2018 | M.A. (Clinical and Applied Cognitive Psychology), University of Padua, Italy Thesis: Personality Traits and the Serotonin Transporter in Social Anxiety Disorder |
| 2013-2016 | B.Sc. (Medicine and Psychology), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy |
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Additional training
| 2021 | 3 days of Advanced Training of dialectical behavioural therapy with Pr. Shelley McMain (University of Toronto), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland |
Employment history
| 2020-2021 | Psychologist and research assistant Topic of interest: Neuronal mechanisms underlying attentional lapses in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| 2020-2021 | Psychologist and research assistant Topic of interest: Efficacy of an online cognitive behavioral therapy program developed for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | Graduate-level clinical psychology intern, supervisor: Pr. Luisa Weiner, Psychiatric Center, Strasbourg University Hospital |
| 2018-2019 | Graduate-level experimental psychology intern, supervisor: Pr. Tomas Furmark, Department of Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden |
Scholarships
| 2021-2024 | Doctoral Fellowship, John Bost Foundation |
| 2018-2019 | Erasmus+ Traineeship, Department of Psychology, University of Uppsala, Sweden |
| 2017-2018 | Psychology Graduate Scholarship, University of Padua, Italy |
| 2015-2016 | Erasmus Exchange Program Scholarship, University of Liège, Belgium |
| 2013-2016 | Psychology Undergraduate Scholarship, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy |
Publications
Peer-reviewed papers
1. Weibel, S., Bicego, F., Muller, S., Martz, E., Costache, M. E., Kraemer, C., ... & Weiner, L. (2021). Two Facets of Emotion Dysregulation Are Core Symptomatic Domains in Adult ADHD: Results from the SR-WRAADDS, a Broad Symptom Self-Report Questionnaire. Journal of Attention Disorders, 10870547211027647.
2. Costache, M. E., Frick, A., Månsson, K., Engman, J., Faria, V., Hjorth, O., ... & Rosén, J. (2020). Higher-and lower- order personality traits and cluster subtypes in social anxiety disorder. PloS one, 15(4), e0232187.
Poster presentations
1. Costache, M.E., Weibel, S., Weiner, L., Marques-Carneiro, J.E., Pham, B., ... & Bonnefond, A. (2020). Etude des liens entre symptomatologie inattentive, vagabondage d’ésprit et performances cognitives chez des sujets sains présentant un trait inattentif. Congrés Français de Psychiatrie (CFP), Strasbourg.
2. Costache, M. E., Weiner, L. (2019). La dysmorphophobie dans le TSA sans DI : considérations psychopathologiques, neuropsychologiques et thérapeutiques à partir d’une étude de cas. Congrès Français de Psychiatrie (CFP), Nice.
3. Luisa, W., Bemmouna, D., Lachaux, E., Costache, M. E., Weibel, S. (2019). Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in a high- functioning adult with Autism Spectrum Disorder. World Congres of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Berlin, Germany.
4. Martz, E., Costache, M.E., Rochotte, L., Weiner, L. (2019). Remédiation cognitive de la mémoire de travail chez une patiente présentant un diagnostic de TDAH, dévoilé après un épuisement professionnel. Congrès Français de Psychiatrie, Nice.
Invited conference
1. Costache, M.E. (2021). Emotional Dysregulation in adults with autism spectrum disorder without an intellectual disability: an ecological, cognitive and psychophysiological approach. Flash communication: 10th Annual Scientific Day - Center of Excellence for Autism and Neurodevelopmental disorders, STRAS&ND (2021).