For Colleges & Universities
Reach the whole campus, not just the counseling center.
Campus wellness programs, counseling centers, and student affairs teams use Sharpen® to build mental health literacy across student life, from first-year students to athletes to medical students, with clear pathways into campus services.
How Campuses Implement
Three programs.
One connected campus.
Start where the need is most visible, then expand. Each program runs on the same platform, so campuses can combine them without combining budgets, offices, or logins twice.
Program 01
Sharpen® MHL for College Students
Campus-wide mental health literacy built around peer documentary stories, with strength-based modules students complete on their own time. Includes training for peer mentors, residence staff, and student leaders.
Campus-wide
Program 02
Sharpen® Athlete
Built for athletic departments and teams, where pressure is high and help-seeking is hardest. Implemented in programs up to the Division I level. CAT-MH® adaptive screening is recommended for athlete programs as an add-on.
For athletic departments
Program 03
Medical Student Programs
A branded version of Sharpen® for medical and health professions students, giving them resilience tools to use outside individual sessions and taking a visible step against stigma in healthcare training.
For health professions schools
Peer-Reviewed
Studied on campuses,
published in journals.
Sharpen® campus implementations are evaluated with academic partners and published in peer-reviewed journals. A sample:
Undergraduate & Medical Students
RE-AIM analysis of a mental health app during the COVID-19 pandemic
A retrospective cross-sectional study evaluating the reach, adoption, and implementation of the Sharpen® app with undergraduate and medical students.
Berreta et al. (2023). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(13), 6266. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136266
Medical Students
Process evaluation of a mobile app aimed at increasing resilience and decreasing stigma
A published process evaluation of a branded Sharpen® implementation for medical students, examining resilience building and mental health stigma.
Fadel et al. (2024). Cureus, 16(6), e63054. doi.org/10.7759/cureus.63054
Peer Mentors
Mental health literacy training for college female peer mentors
A pilot study of Sharpen® mental health literacy training with college peer mentors, supporting the near-peer model at the heart of campus deployments.
Biber & Rothman (2023). Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 14(1), 181-191. doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-06-2023-0148
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As a clinical psychologist working to support the mental health of medical students who are under an incredible amount of stress, I needed a resource that would engage our students and provide tools to use outside of individual sessions. I was excited to learn about Sharpen®'s evidence-based toolkits rooted in building resilience. We launched our own version of Sharpen® called MindfulMEDS, and it has been a great addition. Knowing that our students have access to a wealth of resources to support their mental health is reassuring, and also another important step we can take to reduce stigma around mental health in healthcare.
Natalie M. Fadel, PsyD
Associate Professor for Psychiatry and Neuro-Behavioral Sciences · VCOM
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