Yellow Tulip Project raises awareness for mental illness PORTLAND (WGME) — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people in Maine. One out of every five teenagers is suffering from mental illness or depression, and 16-year-old Julia Hansen wants to help her peers …
(BDN) — Julia Hansen, 16, has lost two close friends to suicide since the start of her sophomore year just nine months ago. As a teenager battling depression in her own right, Hansen described her own life over that time as being an emotional rollercoaster, taking her from a shocked numbness through bouts of screaming. …
Falmouth teen puts spotlight on mental illness with flowery tribute to lost friends After her two best friends committed suicide, Julia Hansen decides to plant hope gardens. In the span of five months, Julia Hansen lost her two best friends to suicide. The deaths were crushing for Hansen and for Waynflete School, where her friends, …
