Twenty years of evidence.
The Sharpen® platform was built on two decades of Community-Based Participatory Research — 50,000+ stakeholder surveys, 100+ documentary listening sessions, and real-world deployment across diverse clinical settings before a single line of commercial code was written.
15 clinical frameworks.
One platform.
Every Sharpen module incorporates evidence-based components derived from the field's most validated frameworks — not adapted from them, built from them from the ground up.
Kutcher et al. (2016) framework improving understanding of mental health, reducing stigma, and increasing help-seeking behaviors across populations.
Zero Suicide framework and HHS safety planning interventions (2024), with integrated CAT-SS computerized adaptive screening and 988 crisis escalation.
Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques embedded across 700+ therapeutic modules and 4,000+ documentary-style peer videos.
Burke Harris et al. (2020) principles addressing protective factors at individual, family, and community levels through the Social-Ecological Model.
20 years of CBPR through documentary listening sessions, with 50,000+ post-program surveys and 400+ community-based research surveys informing every module.
Stanley et al. (2014, 2015) digital safety planning protocols with computerized adaptive testing in mental health (CAT-MH®) and real-time alert systems.
Multiple studies.
Diverse populations. Consistent results.
Clinician-prescribed platform interventions delivered via Epic integration. Director of Adolescent Medicine subsequently expanded implementation across inpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient, and intensive outpatient levels of care.
Universal CAT-MH® screening with real-time clinical triage via Sharpen dashboard. 126 athletes (9.9%) flagged for elevated suicide risk across three years. 100% received same-day intervention — a rate impossible through traditional clinical workflows.
Self-guided 5-hour SMHL course addressing a population where depression (28%), anxiety (33.8%), burnout (44.2%), and suicidal ideation (11.1%) substantially exceed general population rates.
Customized Sharpen professional development app with 9 evidence-based suicide prevention courses. Low provider confidence was completely eliminated following training. 200+ certifications issued to licensed clinicians and healthcare workers.
Multi-component program integrating professional development, parent mental health literacy, and youth peer resiliency (ages 10–25). Five-year longitudinal evidence of sustainable implementation for populations with complex psychosocial stressors.
First empirical evidence of statistically significant improvements in both resilience and self-compassion among foster parents following a digital mental health literacy intervention. 83.33% completion rate substantially exceeds digital intervention benchmarks. SC DSS certified.
Sharpen platform trained non-clinical peer mentors to provide evidence-based support within appropriate professional boundaries, demonstrating scalability of the platform beyond licensed clinical providers to community-level peer support roles.
SMHL course embedded in undergraduate health science curriculum over 16 weeks. Campus-specific video content featuring students, coaches, faculty, and counselors. Pending publication in Journal of American College Health.
Multi-year retrospective analysis validating the Sharpen System's social-ecological logic model across primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention — within a single user experience. 7,551+ documented transitions from education engagement to crisis resource activation.
Why engagement matters
in digital therapeutics.
A digital therapeutic that nobody uses is just software. Industry attrition rates for digital mental health interventions run 89–96%. Sharpen's engagement rates across every population studied are categorically different.
Built with the institutions
that set the standard.
The evidence, cited.
Interested in the clinical data
or research collaboration?
We actively partner with academic medical centers, research institutions, and health systems. Download the full Clinical Brief or contact our research team directly.