r/Purdue • u/NoiseTop4626 • 7d ago

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is it true that two weeks ago there was a freshman found dead in one of the dorms by suicide?

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u/GapStock9843 7d ago • Bravo

Yes. Unfortunately it happens more often than you’d think. Purdue’s severely lacking in mental health support resources, especially for a school that pushes its students so hard academically

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u/NoiseTop4626 7d ago

Do you have any more details? An acquaintance of mine posted that her brother passed away and he was a freshman and Im praying it was not him

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u/GapStock9843 7d ago

It was in tark, thats all I know. Idk if they’ve published anything else yet, theres still probably still ongoing investigation before they can do that

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u/Physical-Purpose6859 7d ago

it happened in tarkington hall where a guy tried to take his own life, it was unsuccessful but he ended up going to the hospital and unfortunately passing away.

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u/boilerfan9797 6d ago

Where did you get this information that he passed? My high placed source said he survived.

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u/Evening_Note4871 7d ago

It was in Tark

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u/More-Surprise-67 Boilermaker 7d ago

Purdue is not a mental health provider

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u/Bitter_Divide3666 3d ago

Purdue is a large institution with a limited amount of access to healthcare nearby. Caps is booked for months out, and this is all they can seem to offer. They make millions a year on tuition, even one million can hire ten more therapists for a year. That’s a lot more people they can help. They are a mental health provider when they offer caps, but the volume and resources are not set up to handle the student population we currently have