OCD Care in Mount Pleasant, SC
Careful evaluation and medication management for obsessive-compulsive disorder, with exposure-based therapy or a referral to an ERP specialist, for adults in Mount Pleasant and nearby North Charleston, Hanahan and Goose Creek by secure video.
OCD Care for Adults in Mount Pleasant
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides OCD care for adults in Mount Pleasant and across Charleston County by secure video, and in-person visits are also available at our West Ashley office; we accept Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice).
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not among the CDC PLACES measures, so these figures are the nearest measures: frequent mental distress, the share of adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in a month, and the share ever told by a health professional that they have depression.
OCD Care: What the Local Figures Show in Mount Pleasant
Compared with Charleston County as a whole, Mount Pleasant has lower estimates for frequent mental distress, short sleep, lack of social and emotional support, 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, Mount Pleasant sits below it on frequent mental distress, depression, short sleep, lack of social and emotional support, loneliness and fair or poor self-rated health.
Mount Pleasant has the lowest estimate for fair or poor self-rated health of the 34 communities on this site, and physical and mental health usually move together.
For frequent mental distress, Mount Pleasant ranks second-lowest among them.
Its estimate for short sleep is the second-lowest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the frequent mental distress estimate for Mount Pleasant sits below North Charleston, Hanahan and Goose Creek.
An estimated 18.1 percent of households in Mount Pleasant have no broadband subscription, the fourteenth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Mount Pleasant | Charleston County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 12.6 percent | 14.4 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 21.4 percent | 21.3 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 27.1 percent | 30 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 17.4 percent | 21.3 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 26.7 percent | 29.8 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 11.2 percent | 15.4 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.
Charleston County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Charleston County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 14 percent of adults with frequent mental distress, below the statewide 16.7 percent, the lowest frequent mental distress figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Mount Pleasant the second-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Charleston 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 | 14 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 30.6 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 214 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 11.4 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 Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant went from about 47,600 residents in 2000 to more than 90,000 in 2020 and became South Carolina's fourth-largest municipality; fast growth brings new neighbors, heavier traffic and rising costs, and many people are building their support networks from scratch.
About 46 percent of employed Mount Pleasant residents work outside the town, and many of them cross the bridges and highways each day; long commutes leave less time for appointments, so video visits from home or work can help.
Opened in 2005, the eight-lane Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge runs about 2.5 miles between Mount Pleasant and Charleston and replaced two older spans.
In the 2020 Census, about 18 percent of Mount Pleasant residents were 65 or older.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, home of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, has been open in Mount Pleasant since 1976.
About 55 sweetgrass basket stands line Highway 17 North, where makers have sold baskets since the road was paved in 1931.
Campuses serving Mount Pleasant include Trident Technical College (Mount Pleasant campus).
Mount Pleasant's economy centers on professional services and local government.
Sources for these local facts: en.wikipedia.org,api.censusreporter.org,hdrinc.com,patriotspoint.org,postandcourier.com.
OCD Care for Busy, Growing Communities
Demanding jobs and a busy household can hide how much time rituals take until they start costing hours each day.
Treatment can include medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, exposure-based therapy or both, with follow-up visits by video.
OCD brings intrusive, unwanted thoughts and the rituals meant to quiet them, and people with it generally spend more than an hour a day on obsessions or compulsions.
Request an appointment for OCD care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about OCD care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Not in Mount Pleasant?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including North Charleston, Hanahan and Goose Creek, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
OCD Care in Mount Pleasant: Questions
Yes: adults in Mount Pleasant and the rest of Charleston County can see Hope Behavioral Medicine by secure video, and in-person visits are also available at our West Ashley office, and a video visit needs no ride; for comparison, Mount Pleasant has the lowest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
In part: our nurse practitioners and therapists can bring exposure-based techniques into cognitive behavioral therapy by secure video, and when full exposure and response prevention fits better, we refer you to an ERP specialist and keep your plan connected.
CDC PLACES puts it at 21.4 percent of adults in Mount Pleasant, the tenth-lowest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 21.3 percent across Charleston County.
In Charleston County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 214 residents, more providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the lowest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Mount Pleasant the second-lowest 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.