Sharpen DTX

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Key Details

Organisation Name

Resiliency Technologies

Location

San Diego, CA
United States

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At a Glance

Description

Resiliency Technologies’ Sharpen® System provides behavioral health screening, mental health literacy, and crisis support across the lifespan, using validated tools and real-time analytics to reduce barriers to help-seeking.

Implementation Status

Scaling implementation

Sharpen® is deployed via web-based SaaS across health systems, schools, and community organizations. Administrators configure population-specific toolkits; users access screening, psychoeducation, and crisis resources on any device.

Target Population

Children

Our digital therapeutic interventions are appropriate for children ages 9 and up who speak English and Spanish

Adolescents

Sharpen® DTX can serve adolescents through peer-focused documentary style interventions

Adults

Adults can benefit from the Sharpen® DTX system

Impact & Outcomes

Resiliency Technologies is conducting federally supported clinical trials in partnership with Stanford University, UCSF, and Prisma Health Children’s Hospital. Trials measure Sharpen®’s impact on mental health literacy, crisis triage accuracy, and help-seeking behavior using validated instruments, with peer-reviewed publications anticipated in 2026–2027.
47,569
Unique users served
2,850,546
Module views
85%
Reported increased help-seeking
96%
Positive recommendation from users
80+
Organizational deployments (US)
30+
Peer-reviewed and conference studies
57%
Average platform engagement rate
10-44 mins
Time in each module
47,569
Unique users served
2,850,546
Module views
85%
Reported increased help-seeking
96%
Positive recommendation from users
80+
Organizational deployments (US)
30+
Peer-reviewed and conference studies
57%
Average platform engagement rate
10-44 mins
Time in each module
Knowing that our students have access to a wealth of resources to support their mental health is reassuring, and another important step to reduce stigma in healthcare.

Dr. Natalie Fadel, Asso. Professor for Psychiatry and Neuro-Behavioral Sciences

Sharpen is a game-changer for any of us who seek to find more ways to use data to inform decision-making and improve our community impact.

Paige Stephenson, President & CEO, United Way of the Piedmont

Sharpen includes a really comprehensive toolkit about stress, dietetics, and mental health, but also includes practical life skills, financial literacy, and relationship builders that young adults need.

Adam Ranns, Head Coach, Juan De Fuca Lacrosse

I'm relieved that the Sharpen resources are available to mitigate the long-term mental health risks facing young adults.

Dr. Rahul N. Mehra

Sharpen greatly increases our reach and breadth of service offerings. Sharpen allows counselors to offer mental health resources, psychoeducational information, and coping skills to students who may not be seeking, or have not yet sought, in-person services.

Dr. Liz Jodoin

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Initiative Overview

The Current Gap

Despite growing investment in mental health apps and digital tools, most people in crisis never access care due to lack of access. Existing solutions require a separate app to download, a portal to log into, a referral to follow up on. These fragmented systems force individuals to self-navigate across screening, education, and crisis support, often failing at each transition.

Sharpen® addresses this gap directly by integrating behavioral health screening, mental health literacy, and crisis resources into a single, seamless platform that meets people where they are.

Sharpen® is built on a foundation that includes 20 years of community-based participatory research across underserved and underrepresented populations, including foster youth and veterans. As a federally certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Resiliency Technologies is committed to equity-centered design at every level.

The platform supports English and Spanish, with additional language expansion underway. Sharpen® is EHR-interoperable and designed for reimbursement pathways. Our documentary film intervention methodology achieves a 92% completion rate, far exceeding industry norms for digital health engagement.

Our Solution

Sharpen® is a digital therapeutics platform and clinical decision support system delivering integrated mental health care from early literacy to crisis intervention. Powered by CAT-MH® adaptive screening, it provides real-time acuity scoring across depression, anxiety, suicide risk, and substance use.

Clinicians receive immediate, actionable triage data enabling same-day intervention for highest-risk individuals. Population-specific toolkits deploy across health systems, universities, athletic programs, and medical schools — combining screening, psychoeducation, and crisis resources in one seamless experience. Currently in active clinical trials at Stanford University, UCSF, and Prisma Health Children’s Hospital, Sharpen® closes the gap between identification and care.

Key Features

1

CAT-MH™ Adaptive Behavioral Health Screening

Real-time acuity scoring across depression, anxiety, suicide risk, and substance use enabling same-day clinical triage.

2

Integrated Clinical Decision Support System

Clinicians receive actionable risk data instantly, closing the gap between identification and intervention at the point of care.

3

Full-Spectrum Prevention Architecture

One platform spans literacy, early intervention, and crisis support.

4

Population-Specific Configurable Toolkits

Administrators tailor content without building from scratch.

5

Documentary Film Psychoeducation Methodology

Evidence-based modular content achieves 92% completion rates, far exceeding digital health engagement norms and reducing stigma effectively.

6

EHR-Interoperable, CPT-Reimbursable Infrastructure

Seamless integration with existing clinical workflows and CPT billing codes supports sustainable institutional adoption.

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Key Learnings

Our greatest challenge was stigma. When people fear judgment, they don’t seek help. Breaking down stigma barriers demanded a community-based participatory research (CBPR) model built on trust. By co-designing mental health interventions with the communities we serve, we reduced stigma at the source. As a result we have produced engagement rates more than five times the industry benchmark.

A second challenge was that health systems require clear financial incentives to adopt new tools. We responded by developing a reimbursement playbook mapping Sharpen® to existing billing codes, making adoption fiscally viable.
Invest in community-based participatory research before you build!
From the beginning, our research partnerships and community-based methodology were informed by global models of participatory care, help-seeking behavior, and digital health engagement. International collaboration expands our understanding of how culture, language, and system architecture shapes health care. Designing for underserved populations in the U.S. requires the same humility and cultural responsiveness demanded by global health practice. As we pursue clinical trial partnerships and policy alignment, international perspectives are essential to our work. Prevention only happens in partnership.

Looking Ahead

Sharpen® has active clinical trials at Stanford University, UCSF, and Prisma Health Children’s Hospital to continue generating peer-reviewed evidence supporting FDA clearance. Internationally, we are building research partnerships to validate Sharpen® across diverse cultural and linguistic contexts.
We are actively seeking clinical research partners including health systems, academic medical centers, and federally qualified health centers who are interested in co-investigating Sharpen®’s impact on triage accuracy, clinical outcomes, help-seeking behavior, and cost avoidance. We are always eager to collaborate with implementation partners, including: community organizations, and school systems who are ready to deploy evidence-based mental health infrastructure at scale.

Finally, we welcome policy and advocacy organizations to reach out, as we are always working to advance mental health parity, and equity-centered care standards.
Long-term, our aspiration is to establish integrated prevention architecture as the standard of care in behavioral health. Near-term, we are completing active clinical trials, pursuing FDA clearance, and expanding our reimbursement playbook for sustainable institutional adoption, with peer-reviewed publications from Stanford, UCSF, and Prisma Health anticipated in 2026–2027.
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Key Contact

Robyn Hussa Farrell
President & CEO
Resiliency Technologies

Media

Sharpen DTX SUDS Suicide triage Demo

Resources

The Sharpen System
Measuring and Designing for Engagement in Digital Therapeutics—A Multi-Faceted Approach
Sharpen® Platform Engagement and Activation
Integrated Clinical Triage Platform for Athlete Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
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