Works & Citations

Ahlers, L., Yeo, J., Eddy, T., & Gorgens, K. A. (2016, August). A demographic and historical portrait of individuals with traumatic brain injuries involved in the Colorado justice system. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Aloziem, O., Friedman, R., Graf, A., Gorgens., Dettmer, J. (poster submitted November, 2017). Racial Demographics of Justice-Involved Coloradans With a History of TBI. Poster submitted to the 47th annual meeting of the Society for Cross Cultural Research conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Best, L., Arnaut, G., Gowensmith, W. N., Daniel, M., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., & Curran, C. (2016, November). Traumatic brain injury, violent offending, and physical aggression: A multi-state analysis. Paper proposed for presentation at the meeting of the 2016 American Psychology -- Law Society, Seattle, WA.

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Camaione, T.C., Gur, R.M., Meyer, L., McMillan, B., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., & Gowensmith, N. (2016, March). Justice-involved individuals and traumatic brain injury project: Evaluation of training curricula. Paper presented at the meeting of the 2016 American Psychology -- Law Society, Atlanta, GA.

Curran, C., Potter, D., Camaione, T., Hamilton, D., & Gorgens, K. (2016). Vista life science ANAM mobile norm collection. Poster presentation at the grand opening of the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, Denver, CO.

Dettmer, J. (2014, May). Traumatic Brain Injury: Screening and assessing offenders - How prevalent is it? Presented at the 2014 Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference, Denver, CO. 

Dettmer, J. (2017). Novel Approaches for the Identification and Support of Justice Involved individuals with Brain Injury. Poster presentation at the International Brain Injury Association World Congress on Brain Injury Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Eddy, T., Gorgens, K., Meyer, L., Dettmer, J., & Gowensmith, W.N. (2016, January). Traumatic Brain Injury and Traumatic History. Paper presented at the 2016 University of Denver Research Summit, Denver, CO.

Eddy, T., Gorgens, K., Meyer, L., Dettmer, J., & Gowensmith, W.N. (2016, March). Traumatic Brain Injury and Traumatic History. Paper presented at the meeting of the 2016 American Psychology – Law Society, Atlanta, GA.

Eddy, T., Gorgens, K., Meyer, L., Dettmer, J., & Gowensmith, W.N. (2015, December). Traumatic Brain Injury and Traumatic History. The Colorado Psychologist, 6, 6-7.

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Friedman, R., Graf, A., Alozeim, O., Gorgens, K. A., & Dettmer, J. (2017, October). Racial Demographics of Justice-Involved Coloradans with a History of TBI. Poster Submitted to Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, DC, USA.

Gafford, J. & Gorgens, K. A., (2014, July). The Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness and Criminality. Presented at the 2014 National Commission of Correctional Mental Health Care Conference, Denver, CO.

Gafford, J., McMillan, B., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., & Glover, N. (2015, June). A unique approach to traumatic brain injury in a county jail. Paper presented at the National Institute of Corrections 2015 Virtual Conference, New Directions in Corrections: Staff Wellness.

Gafford, J., McMillan, B., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., & Popovski, L. (2014, August). Identifying and Treating the Superfecta---TBI, Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse in a County Jail. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Gerdeman, L. & Dettmer, J. (2017). The Key to Unlocking Success for Justice Involved Individuals with Brain Injury. Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference.

Glover, N. & Gorgens, K. A. (2015, February). Protecting the most vulnerable: TBI in Corrections. Presented at the American Psychological Association Division 22 Mid-Winter Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Glover, N., Gorgens, K., Meyer, L., Dettmer, J. & Lehto, M. (under revision). Sensitivity and Specificity of the Ohio State University Traumatic Brain Injury Identification Method (OSU-TBI-ID) to Neuropsychological Impairment. Criminal Justice and Behavior.

Glover, N., Gafford, J., Gorgens, K. A., & Dettmer, J. (2015, February). TBI, Mental Illness, Substance Abuse in a County Jail. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Glover, N., McMillan, B., & Gorgens, K. A. (2015, February). Novel programming for TBI in Corrections. Presented at the Rehabilitation Psychology Conference, American Psychological Association, Division 22, San Diego, CA.

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Gorgens, K. A. (2015, December). TBI Research Update. Presented at Front Range Neuroscience Group, Fort Collins, CO.

Gorgens, K. A. (2015, October). Novel screening and intervention programs to assess the intersection of traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, mental illness and criminality in adult and juvenile populations: IT TAKES A VILLAGE. Presented at the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Gorgens, K. A. (2016, April). Updates from Colorado: Criminal Justice and Brain Injury. Presented at the annual conference of Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance, Roseville, MN. 

Gorgens, K., Graf, A., Dettmer, J., Meyer. (presentation submitted November, 2017). The Identification and Support of Justice-Involved Individuals with Brain Injury: Project Update and Plans for Sustainability. Presentation submitted to the annual Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference, Denver, Colorado.

Gorgens, K. A. & Dettmer, J. (2015, May). Implementation of novel screening and intervention programming to address the intersection of  traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, mental illness and criminality in an offender population:  Program and policy implications. Presented at the Collaborative Justice Conference, Colorado Department of Judicial, Denver, CO.

Gorgens, K. A., Dettmer, J., & McMillan, B. (2015, April). Implementation of novel screening and intervention programming to address the intersection of traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, mental illness and criminality in an offender population:  A collaboration between State, County, and University Partners. Presented at the Convening of Dependency and Neglect Best Practice Teams and Family Integrated Treatment Court/Drug Court, Colorado Courts, Beaver Creek, CO.

Gorgens, K. A., Gaines, K., Dettmer, J., Gafford, J., & McMillan, B. (2014, May). Brain Injury Screening in a Juvenile Population. Presented at the 2014 Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference, Colorado Judicial Branch, Westminster, CO.

Gorgens, K., Meyer, L., Dettmer, J. & Graf, A. (2017). Novel Approach for Identification and Support of Justice-Involved Individuals with Brain Injury. Pre-conference. Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference.

Gorgens, K., Nagele, D., Dettmer, J. & Hooper, S. (2017). The Under-identification of Brain Injuries and the Relationship with Juvenile (and Eventually Adult) Criminal Justice Involvement. Brain Injury Professional, 14 (3), p. 24-26.

Graf, A., Curran, C., Marchi, C., Gorgens, K. (poster submitted October, 2017). A demographic and historical portrait of individuals with traumatic brain injuries involved in the Colorado criminal justice system. Poster submitted to the 4th annual Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, Washington, D.C.

Gur, M. R., Camaione, T.C., Meyer, L., McMillan, B., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., & Gowensmith, N. (2016, August). Justice-involved individuals and traumatic brain injury project: Initial program evaluation. Paper presented at the meeting of the 2016 American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Harris, P. A., Taylor, R., Thielke, R., Payne, J., Gonzalez, N., & Conde, J. G., Research electronic data capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81.

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MacMillan, B. & Dettmer, J. (2017). Supporting Justice Involved Individuals with Brain Injury Through Raising Self-Awareness; a psycho-educational group therapy curriculum. Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference.

Marchi, C., Potts, H., & Gorgens, K. (December, 2017) Performance of a clinical sample of justice involved individuals on two different neuropsychological screening methods. Poster, Front Range Neuroscience Group, Fort Collins, CO.

Marchi, C., Potts, H., & Gorgens, K. (February 2018) Performance of a clinical sample of justice involved individuals on two different neuropsychological screening methods. Poster presented at the 20th annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference, Dallas, TX.

Marchi, C., Levy, M., Goodwin, E., & Gorgens, K. (2018) The relationship between loss of consciousness after TBI and neuropsychological performance among justice-involved individuals. Poster presented at the 2019 Annual American Psychological Association Convention in Chicago, IL. 

McPherson, D. (2016, January). Psychology students uncover prevalence of brain injuries among prisoners. University of Denver Magazine. Retrieved from http://magazine.du.edu/academics-research/psychology-students-uncover-prevalence-of-brain-injuries-among-prisoners/

Nagele, D., Gorgens, K., & Dettmer, J.  (2016). New Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Juvenile Offenders with Brain Injury. Presentation. American College of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference. Chicago, IL.

Nagele, D., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J. & Oduleye, N. (2017). New Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Juvenile Offenders with Brain Injury. Poster. International Brain Injury Association World Congress on Brain Injury, New Orleans, LA.

Nagele, D., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., & Oduleye, N. (2017, April). Novel Approaches for Identification and Support of Justice-Involved Individuals with Brain Injury. Poster presented at the World Congress of Brain Injury, International Brain Injury Alliance, New Orleans, LA.

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Novak, M., Goodwin, E., Marchi, C., & Gorgens, K. (2018, December), A Demographic and Historical Portrait of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries Involved in the Colorado Justice System. Poster presented at Front Range Neuroscience Group Conference, Fort Collins, CO.

Novak, M., Marchi, C., & Gorgens, K. (2019), Novel Screening and Intervention Programs to Assess the Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness and Criminality in Adult and Juvenile Populations. Poster presented at DU Research Scholarship and Showcase, Denver, CO, 2019.

Novak, M., Marchi, C., & Gorgens, K. (2019), Novel Screening and Intervention Programs to Assess the Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness and Criminality in Adult and Juvenile Populations. Poster presented at Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO, 2019.

Popovski, L., McMillan, B., Gafford, J., Gorgens, K., & Dettmer, J. (2014, February)  Neuropsychological Screening Pilot Program: A collaboration between the University of Denver, Denver County Jail and the Colorado Brain Injury Program. Presented at the 2014 Rehabilitation Psychology Conference, American Psychological Association Division 22, San Antonio, TX.

Wall, K., Gorgens, K., Davis, T. M., Gafford, J., & Dettmer, J. (2017, March). Violence-related TBI in justice-involved women. To be presented at the International Brain Injury Association World Congress on Brain Injury, New Orleans, LA.

Wall, K. C., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., Davis, T. M., & Gafford, J. (under review). Violence related traumatic brain injury in justice-involved women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Wall, K., Gorgens, K., Yeo, J., & Alexander, C. (2016, August). Mechanisms of traumatic brain injury in a justice-involved population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Division 18: Psychologists in Public Service, of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Wyatt, O., Graf, A., & Gorgens, K. (2018, April). Prevalence of sport-related traumatic brain injuries in the criminal justice system: A pilot study. Poster, DU Research and Performance Summit, Denver, CO.

Wyatt, O., Graf, A., & Gorgens, K. (2018, October). Prevalence of Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Criminal Justice System. Poster presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology 33rd Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Wyatt, O., Graf, A., & Gorgens, K. (2017, December). Prevalence of sport-related traumatic brain injuries in the criminal justice system: A pilot study. Poster, Front Range Neuroscience Group, Fort Collins, CO.

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