Bipolar Disorder Care in Hartsville, SC
A full lifetime mood history, long-term medication management and counseling for bipolar disorder, for adults in Hartsville and nearby Lake City and Florence by secure video.
Bipolar Disorder Care for Adults in Hartsville
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides bipolar disorder care for adults in Hartsville and across Darlington 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).
CDC PLACES does not estimate bipolar disorder for communities, so this page uses nearby measures: the share of adults ever told they have depression, frequent mental distress, and short sleep, which matters because changes in sleep are among the signs clinicians ask about.
Bipolar Disorder Care: What the Local Figures Show in Hartsville
Compared with Darlington County as a whole, Hartsville has higher estimates for depression, frequent mental distress and housing insecurity, while short sleep, fair or poor self-rated health and lack of social and emotional support are about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Hartsville sits above the middle on depression, frequent mental distress, fair or poor self-rated health and housing insecurity, while short sleep and lack of social and emotional support are close to the middle.
Hartsville has the fourth-highest 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, Hartsville ranks seventh-highest among them.
Its estimate for fair or poor self-rated health is the eighth-highest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the depression estimate for Hartsville sits above Lake City and Florence.
An estimated 20.7 percent of households in Hartsville have no broadband subscription, the twelfth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Hartsville | Darlington County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 23.9 percent | 22.9 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 18.8 percent | 17.8 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 37.5 percent | 37.6 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 25.6 percent | 25.4 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 25.6 percent | 25.8 percent |
| Adults who reported housing insecurity in the past year | 19.2 percent | 17.7 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.
Darlington County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Darlington County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 38.9 percent of adults sleeping less than seven hours a night, above the statewide 36.6 percent, the eighth-highest insufficient sleep figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Hartsville the fifteenth-highest short sleep estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Darlington County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 5.7 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 19 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 38.9 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 630 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 14 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 Hartsville
Sonoco, the packaging maker, is a Fortune 1000 company, and Hartsville is the smallest city in America to host such a headquarters; video visits can fit around demanding shift schedules, with no drive.
Railroad connections made Hartsville the leading cotton market in the Pee Dee, a town once called the region's industrial beehive; video visits can fit around demanding work schedules, with no drive.
The Robinson nuclear plant near Hartsville has run commercially since 1971, and in 2026 federal regulators extended its license to 2050.
Captain Thomas Hart bought the original Hartsville town site in 1817, and the town was incorporated in 1891.
Coker University has its campus in Hartsville.
Campuses serving Hartsville include Coker University and Florence-Darlington Technical College (Hartsville campus).
Hartsville's economy centers on packaging manufacturing and nuclear power.
Darlington County is federally designated as a mental health professional shortage area, meaning there are too few mental health professionals for the people who live there; telehealth lets Hartsville residents see a provider without waiting for a local opening.
Sources for these local facts: nesasc.org,South Carolina Encyclopedia,wmbfnews.com,coker.edu.
Bipolar Disorder Care That Fits Around Shift Work
Rotating and overnight shifts work against the regular sleep times that help keep moods steady.
Your provider can plan around your schedule, with medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, counseling and follow-up visits by video.
Your first visit looks across your whole life, not only today, at the highs, the lows, how long each lasted and what runs in your family.
Request an appointment for bipolar disorder care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about bipolar disorder care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Bipolar Disorder Care in Hartsville: Questions
Yes: adults in Hartsville and the rest of Darlington 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, Hartsville has the ninth-highest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
It is possible: hypomania can pass for a productive stretch and go unnoticed, so tell your provider about any time you needed far less sleep or had far more energy than usual, because that history can change the plan.
CDC PLACES puts it at 37.5 percent of adults in Hartsville, the fifteenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 37.6 percent across Darlington County.
In Darlington County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 630 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the eighth-highest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Hartsville the fifteenth-highest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Video visits run Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, and you can book one during a break or before or after work, with no drive.
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.