OCD Care in Charleston, SC
Careful evaluation and medication management for obsessive-compulsive disorder, with exposure-based therapy or a referral to an ERP specialist, for adults in Charleston and nearby West Ashley, James Island and Johns Island by secure video.
OCD Care for Adults in Charleston
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides OCD care for adults in Charleston and across Charleston County by secure video, and in-person visits are also available at our West Ashley office; we accept Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice).
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not among the CDC PLACES measures, so these figures are the nearest measures: frequent mental distress, the share of adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in a month, and the share ever told by a health professional that they have depression.
OCD Care: What the Local Figures Show in Charleston
Compared with Charleston County as a whole, Charleston has higher estimates for frequent mental distress, depression, short sleep and loneliness and lower estimates for lack of social and emotional support and fair or poor self-rated health.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Charleston sits below it on frequent mental distress, short sleep, lack of social and emotional support, loneliness and fair or poor self-rated health, while depression is close to the middle.
Charleston has the fifth-lowest estimate for short sleep of the 34 communities on this site, and poor sleep and mental health tend to pull on each other.
For fair or poor self-rated health, Charleston ranks fifth-lowest among them.
Its estimate for lack of social and emotional support is the seventh-lowest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the frequent mental distress estimate for Charleston sits above James Island and ZIP code 29455; about level with ZIP code 29407.
An estimated 13.3 percent of households in Charleston have no broadband subscription, the eleventh-lowest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Charleston | Charleston County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 15.1 percent | 14.4 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 22.6 percent | 21.3 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 30.7 percent | 30 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 20.4 percent | 21.3 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 30.3 percent | 29.8 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 13.6 percent | 15.4 percent |
Figures in this section come from CDC PLACES, 2025 release (model-based estimates from 2022 and 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data), with the American Community Survey, 2017 to 2021, via CDC for households without broadband; ranks compare the 34 South Carolina communities on this site.
Charleston County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Charleston County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 14 percent of adults with frequent mental distress, below the statewide 16.7 percent, the lowest frequent mental distress figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Charleston the ninth-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Charleston County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 5 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 14 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 30.6 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 214 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 11.4 percent | 13.4 percent |
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps builds these county figures from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022 for the survey measures, the CMS National Provider Identification file, 2024 for provider counts and the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 2022 for insurance; ranks compare the South Carolina counties in this data.
Living and Working in Charleston
Both The Citadel and the College of Charleston, which has more than 11,000 students, sit inside the city; we see students 18 and older by secure video, around class schedules.
The 2020 Census counted 150,227 City of Charleston residents, and about 33,600 of them lived on the historic downtown peninsula; fast growth brings new neighbors, heavier traffic and rising costs, and many people are building their support networks from scratch.
Charleston passed the nation's first historic preservation ordinance in 1931, and with it created the Board of Architectural Review.
In 2024 the Charleston region's tourism industry, much of it restaurant and hotel work, employed a record 54,900 people.
Joint Base Lindsey Graham, called Joint Base Charleston until August 2026, serves more than 90,000 service members, civilians, family members and retirees.
Every spring Spoleto Festival USA, first held in 1977, spends 17 days in Charleston's historic theaters, churches and outdoor spaces.
Campuses serving Charleston include College of Charleston, The Citadel, Charleston School of Law and Trident Technical College.
Charleston's economy centers on tourism and hospitality, aerospace and the port and logistics.
Sources for these local facts: charleston.edu,charleston-sc.gov,abcnews4.com,wach.com,spoletousa.org.
OCD Care for College Students and Young Adults
Heavy workloads and new independence can feed perfectionism and checking at college, and students 18 and older can be seen by video between classes.
Exposure-based therapy and medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, can be planned around the academic calendar.
OCD brings intrusive, unwanted thoughts and the rituals meant to quiet them, and people with it generally spend more than an hour a day on obsessions or compulsions.
Request an appointment for OCD care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about OCD care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Not in Charleston?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including West Ashley, James Island and Johns Island, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
OCD Care in Charleston: Questions
Yes: adults in Charleston and the rest of Charleston County can see Hope Behavioral Medicine by secure video, and in-person visits are also available at our West Ashley office, and a video visit needs no ride; for comparison, Charleston has the seventh-lowest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
In part: our nurse practitioners and therapists can bring exposure-based techniques into cognitive behavioral therapy by secure video, and when full exposure and response prevention fits better, we refer you to an ERP specialist and keep your plan connected.
CDC PLACES puts it at 22.6 percent of adults in Charleston, the tenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 21.3 percent across Charleston County.
In Charleston County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 214 residents, more providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the lowest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Charleston the seventh-lowest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: students 18 and older, including those at College of Charleston, The Citadel, Charleston School of Law and Trident Technical College, can be seen by secure video around their class schedules.
Hope Behavioral Medicine is not an emergency service: call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, at any hour, and in an emergency call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.