PTSD Care in Laurens, SC
Trauma-informed evaluation and treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder, with trauma-focused counseling and medication when indicated, for adults in Laurens and nearby Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson by secure video.
PTSD Care for Adults in Laurens
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides PTSD 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 publishes no community estimate for PTSD, so the figures below are the closest local measures: frequent mental distress counts adults reporting two weeks or more of poor mental health in a month, and short sleep counts adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night.
PTSD 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 and loneliness and lower estimates for depression, while frequent mental distress and frequent physical distress are 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, loneliness and frequent physical distress and below it on short sleep, while frequent mental distress and depression are close to the middle.
Laurens has the sixth-highest estimate for frequent physical distress of the 34 communities on this site, and ongoing pain or illness can wear on mood and sleep.
For lack of social and emotional support, 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 frequent mental distress estimate for Laurens sits above Greenville; below Spartanburg and Anderson.
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 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 ever told by a health professional they have depression | 22.2 percent | 23.4 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 34.6 percent | 33.3 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor physical health in the past month | 16.4 percent | 16 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.
The Laurens and Watts textile mills, opened between 1880 and 1920, gave Laurens its industrial shape.
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.
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.
PTSD Care That Fits Around Shift Work
First responders, health care workers and others on long shifts can carry what they see on the job home with them.
Video visits can be booked around your rotation, and treatment can pair trauma-focused therapy with medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, including help with nightmares.
PTSD can follow any traumatic event, not only combat, and its signs include intrusive memories or flashbacks, avoiding reminders, changes in mood and thinking, and feeling constantly on edge.
Request an appointment for PTSD care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about PTSD care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
Read More From Hope Behavioral Medicine
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Not in Laurens?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
PTSD 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.
Yes: the trauma-informed evaluation, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with our licensed therapists and medication management can all happen by secure video, and with your permission we coordinate with your VA providers if you also receive care there.
CDC PLACES puts it at 36.5 percent of adults in Laurens, the fourteenth-lowest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 34.4 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.