Seasonal Depression Care in Hartsville, SC
Evaluation and a plan for depression that returns with the seasons, ideally before the shortest days arrive, for adults in Hartsville and nearby Lake City and Florence by secure video.
Seasonal Depression Care for Adults in Hartsville
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides seasonal depression 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).
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 Hartsville
Compared with Darlington County as a whole, Hartsville has higher estimates for depression, frequent mental distress and loneliness, while no leisure-time physical activity, short sleep and fair or poor self-rated health 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, no leisure-time physical activity, loneliness and fair or poor self-rated health, while short sleep is 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 loneliness 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 with no leisure-time physical activity | 30.2 percent | 30.3 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 37.5 percent | 37.6 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 35.5 percent | 34.3 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 25.6 percent | 25.4 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.
Darlington County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Darlington County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts an average of 5.7 days of poor mental health in the past month for adults, above the statewide 5.2 days, the eighth-highest poor mental health days figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Hartsville the seventh-highest frequent mental distress 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
Captain Thomas Hart bought the original Hartsville town site in 1817, and the town was incorporated in 1891; starting over in a new place often means rebuilding friendships and routines from scratch.
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.
Coker University has its campus in Hartsville.
The Robinson nuclear plant near Hartsville has run commercially since 1971, and in 2026 federal regulators extended its license to 2050.
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: South Carolina Encyclopedia,nesasc.org,coker.edu,wmbfnews.com.
Seasonal Depression Care for Busy, Growing Communities
Shorter winter days still come to South Carolina, and a mood that drops at the same time each year is worth bringing up.
Treatment can include talk therapy, light therapy guidance, medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, or a combination, with video follow-up.
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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Seasonal Depression Care Nearby
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Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Lake City and Florence, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
Seasonal Depression 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.
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 30.2 percent of adults in Hartsville, the eleventh-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 30.3 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.
The plans we accept are Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice), and our front desk checks your coverage before your first visit.
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.