Top Docs: Profiles  Meet 11 of our 2007 Top Doctors.  October
2007  Dr. Jean Milofsky  Kaiser Permanente Highline Clinic, St.
Joseph, Lutheran, Good Samaritan—Practicing for 25 years
Colorado Statistic According to Mental Health America of
Colorado, the state has the seventh highest rate of suicide in
the nation.  "No one really knows why our incidence is so high,
although there is a lot of speculation. First of all, Western
states have higher rates of suicide than Eastern states in
general. In Colorado, one factor may be the great transience of
our population. People moving in and out, never staying in one
place, not living 'at home.' People in Colorado often are
disconnected from their families. They have no long-term roots
in a community. People often come here to get away or drop off
the grid for a while. The wide-open spaces of the West provide a
sort of anonymity you don't see elsewhere. And sometimes being
faceless and anonymous could give a person already so inclined
permission to commit suicide. Peo