Seasonal Depression Care in Georgetown, SC
Evaluation and a plan for depression that returns with the seasons, ideally before the shortest days arrive, for adults in Georgetown by secure video.
Seasonal Depression Care for Adults in Georgetown
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides seasonal depression care for adults in Georgetown and across Georgetown County by secure video, with in-person visits at our West Ashley office in Charleston for anyone who prefers them; we accept Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice).
Seasonal affective disorder has no CDC PLACES estimate, so the closest figures here are the share of adults ever told they have depression, frequent mental distress, and the share who get no leisure-time physical activity.
Seasonal Depression Care: What the Local Figures Show in Georgetown
Compared with Georgetown County as a whole, Georgetown has higher estimates for frequent mental distress, no leisure-time physical activity, short sleep, loneliness and fair or poor self-rated health, while depression is about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Georgetown sits above the middle on no leisure-time physical activity, short sleep and fair or poor self-rated health and below it on depression, frequent mental distress and loneliness.
Georgetown has the third-lowest estimate for depression of the 34 communities on this site, and depression is one of the most treatable mental health conditions.
For frequent mental distress, Georgetown ranks tenth-lowest among them.
Its estimate for short sleep is the twelfth-highest of the group.
Against other South Carolina communities on this site, the depression estimate for Georgetown sits below Myrtle Beach, Columbia and Sumter.
An estimated 39.4 percent of households in Georgetown have no broadband subscription, the highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Georgetown | Georgetown County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 19.7 percent | 19.8 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 15.9 percent | 14 percent |
| Adults with no leisure-time physical activity | 27.9 percent | 25.2 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 38.6 percent | 34.3 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 30.7 percent | 27.8 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 22.5 percent | 19.9 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.
Georgetown County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Georgetown County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts an average of 5 days of poor mental health in the past month for adults, below the statewide 5.2 days, the third-lowest poor mental health days figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Georgetown the tenth-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Georgetown 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 | 17.9 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 37.4 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 1,043 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 14.1 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 Georgetown
More than one in five people living in Georgetown are 65 or older; we accept Medicare, and most visits can be done by video.
Hobcaw Barony, a 16,000-acre preserve that Bernard Baruch bought in 1905, now serves as an outdoor laboratory for forestry, wildlife and marine science; hospitality workers with irregular hours can schedule video visits without a drive.
In 2019 Horry-Georgetown Technical College opened a 30,000-square-foot Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Georgetown to teach welding, machining and mechatronics.
When Georgetown's paper mill, open since 1937, closed at the end of 2024, more than 670 jobs went with it, a loss felt by many families and local businesses.
Based in Georgetown since 1992, the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve covers about 18,916 acres of tidal marsh and wetlands.
Campuses serving Georgetown include Horry-Georgetown Technical College (Georgetown campus).
Georgetown's economy centers on the Port of Georgetown and heritage tourism.
Sources for these local facts: api.censusreporter.org,hobcawbarony.org,hgtc.edu,coastalobserver.com,northinlet.sc.edu.
Seasonal Depression Care for Older Adults
Seasonal depression is treatable at any age, and retirement routines that keep you indoors in winter are worth mentioning at a visit.
Ask your provider before buying a light box, especially if you have certain eye conditions or take medicines that raise sensitivity to sunlight.
Seasonal affective disorder is depression that returns on a seasonal schedule, most often starting in late fall or early winter and lifting in spring.
Request an appointment for seasonal depression care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about seasonal depression care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Not in Georgetown?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Myrtle Beach, Columbia and Sumter, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
Seasonal Depression Care in Georgetown: Questions
Yes: adults in Georgetown and the rest of Georgetown County can see Hope Behavioral Medicine by secure video, with in-person visits at our West Ashley office in Charleston for anyone who prefers them, and a video visit needs no ride; for comparison, Georgetown has the sixteenth-highest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: seasonal affective disorder is more common farther north, but living in South Carolina does not rule it out, and if your mood follows the seasons, an evaluation by secure video can look at the pattern across several years.
CDC PLACES puts it at 27.9 percent of adults in Georgetown, the fourteenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 25.2 percent across Georgetown County.
In Georgetown County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 1,043 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the fourth-highest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Georgetown the seventeenth-highest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: the plans we accept are Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice).
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.