Postpartum Depression Care in Laurens, SC
Care for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and the year after birth, coordinated with your OB/GYN, for adults in Laurens and nearby Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson by secure video.
Postpartum Depression Care for Adults in Laurens
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides postpartum depression care for adults in Laurens and across Laurens 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 reports figures for all adults rather than for new or expecting parents, so the measures below describe the wider community, starting with the share of adults ever told they have depression and the share with frequent mental distress.
Postpartum Depression Care: What the Local Figures Show in Laurens
Compared with Laurens County as a whole, Laurens has higher estimates for short sleep, lack of social and emotional support, food insecurity and housing insecurity and lower estimates for depression, while frequent mental distress is about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Laurens sits above the middle on lack of social and emotional support, food insecurity and housing insecurity and below it on short sleep, while depression and frequent mental distress are close to the middle.
Laurens has the eleventh-highest estimate for lack of social and emotional support of the 34 communities on this site, and a steady counselor can be one dependable source of support.
For food insecurity, Laurens ranks eleventh-highest among them.
Its estimate for frequent mental distress is the twelfth-highest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the depression estimate for Laurens sits below Spartanburg and Anderson; about level with Greenville.
An estimated 21.2 percent of households in Laurens have no broadband subscription, the tenth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Laurens | Laurens County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 22.2 percent | 23.4 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 17.8 percent | 17.9 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 36.5 percent | 34.4 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 26.2 percent | 24.4 percent |
| Adults who reported food insecurity in the past year | 24.6 percent | 21.2 percent |
| Adults who reported housing insecurity in the past year | 18 percent | 15.3 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.
Laurens County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Laurens County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts an average of 6.1 days of poor mental health in the past month for adults, above the statewide 5.2 days, the highest poor mental health days figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Laurens the twelfth-highest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Laurens County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 6.1 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 18.9 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 35.6 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 1,148 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 16 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 Laurens
In 2023 a transmission plant in Laurens County announced 400 new jobs; video visits can fit around demanding shift schedules, with no drive.
First named Laurensville, Laurens became the county seat soon after Laurens County was formed in 1785; starting over in a new place often means rebuilding friendships and routines from scratch.
More than a third of the jobs in Laurens County are in manufacturing.
Andrew Johnson, a future president, moved to Laurens in 1824 and opened a tailor shop there.
The Laurens and Watts textile mills, opened between 1880 and 1920, gave Laurens its industrial shape.
Campuses serving Laurens include Presbyterian College (nearby Clinton) and Piedmont Technical College.
Laurens's economy centers on automotive and plastics manufacturing and distribution.
Laurens 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 Laurens residents see a provider without waiting for a local opening.
Sources for these local facts: foxcarolina.com,South Carolina Encyclopedia,upstatescalliance.com.
Postpartum Depression Care That Fits Around Shift Work
Returning to rotating or overnight shifts with a newborn at home can cut sleep even further.
Video visits can be booked around your shifts, and if you are breastfeeding, tell your provider so the safest options can be chosen.
Depression and anxiety can begin during pregnancy or at any point in the year after birth, and they are health conditions that can be treated, not a verdict on you as a parent.
Request an appointment for postpartum depression care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about postpartum depression care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Postpartum Depression Care in Laurens: Questions
Yes: adults in Laurens and the rest of Laurens 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, Laurens has the thirteenth-highest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
The baby blues are mild and short-lived in the first two weeks after giving birth, while low mood, worry or trouble bonding that is severe or lasts longer deserves an evaluation, and if you have thoughts of harming yourself or your baby that you might act on, call 911 or 988 right away.
CDC PLACES puts it at 26.2 percent of adults in Laurens, the eleventh-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 24.4 percent across Laurens County.
In Laurens County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 1,148 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the third-highest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Laurens the eleventh-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.