At the time of his death, Han Nguyen was a 25-year old Ph.D. student in the Sloan Marketing program.  During his time at MIT he saw nine different off-campus, non-MIT mental health providers.  None of these providers considered Mr. Nguyen at imminent risk of suicide at any time during his time at MIT.

In 2007, Mr. Nguyen sought support from Student Disability Services, Student Support Services (S3), and MIT Mental Health & Counseling (MH&C) for test-taking anxiety.  Although he disclosed to S3 and MH&C two earlier suicide attempts while an undergraduate at Stanford and a history of depression, he denied that he was suicidal at the time, and made it clear that “I’d like to keep the fact of my depression separate from my academic problems.”

Mr. Nguyen struggled academically.  Although two of his professors were concerned about Mr. Nguyen, and knew that he was being treated off campus, they knew nothing about his prior suicide attempts, nor did he ever tell them he was suicidal.