Postpartum Depression Care in Myrtle Beach, SC
Care for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and the year after birth, coordinated with your OB/GYN, for adults in Myrtle Beach by secure video.
Postpartum Depression Care for Adults in Myrtle Beach
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides postpartum depression care for adults in Myrtle Beach and across Horry 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 Myrtle Beach
Compared with Horry County as a whole, Myrtle Beach has higher estimates for frequent mental distress, short sleep, lack of social and emotional support, food insecurity and housing insecurity, while depression is about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Myrtle Beach sits below it on depression, short sleep, lack of social and emotional support and housing insecurity, while frequent mental distress and food insecurity are close to the middle.
Myrtle Beach has the eleventh-lowest 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 short sleep, Myrtle Beach ranks twelfth-lowest among them.
Its estimate for depression is the fourteenth-lowest of the group.
Against other South Carolina communities on this site, the depression estimate for Myrtle Beach sits below Columbia; about level with Sumter and Orangeburg.
An estimated 15.4 percent of households in Myrtle Beach have no broadband subscription, the sixteenth-lowest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Myrtle Beach | Horry County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 21.6 percent | 21.5 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 17.3 percent | 16.6 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 35.7 percent | 34.6 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 22.4 percent | 21.9 percent |
| Adults who reported food insecurity in the past year | 21 percent | 14.8 percent |
| Adults who reported housing insecurity in the past year | 14.6 percent | 10.8 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.
Horry County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Horry County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts an average of 5.3 days of poor mental health in the past month for adults, about level with the statewide 5.2 days, the sixth-lowest poor mental health days figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Myrtle Beach the fifteenth-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Horry County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 5.3 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 17.6 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 36.6 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 554 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 17.6 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 Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach was incorporated in 1938 and became a city in 1957, the year its year-round population first passed 5,000; fast growth brings new neighbors, heavier traffic and rising costs, and many people are building their support networks from scratch.
Coastal Carolina University, in nearby Conway, enrolled 11,881 students in fall 2025; we see students 18 and older by secure video, around class schedules.
About 18.2 million visitors came to the Myrtle Beach area in 2024, and tourism supports an estimated 82,000 jobs along the Grand Strand.
More than a quarter of the Myrtle Beach metro's roughly 413,000 residents are 65 or older, and it has become the country's fastest-growing metro for older adults.
The Myrtle Beach Air Force Base closed in 1993, and its 3,936 acres now hold The Market Common, neighborhoods, the airport and a technology park.
About 9,100 students enrolled at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in fall 2025.
Campuses serving Myrtle Beach include Coastal Carolina University (nearby Conway) and Horry-Georgetown Technical College.
Myrtle Beach's economy centers on tourism and hospitality and retail.
Sources for these local facts: cityofmyrtlebeach.com,wmbfnews.com,myrtlebeachareacvb.com,amp.insurancejournal.com,hgtc.edu.
Postpartum Depression Care for Busy, Growing Communities
Having a baby far from the friends and family who used to help is common in fast-growing areas, and limited support is a known risk factor.
With your permission, we keep your OB/GYN updated so the plan for your mood and the plan for your pregnancy or postpartum care fit together.
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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Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Columbia, Sumter and Orangeburg, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
Postpartum Depression Care in Myrtle Beach: Questions
Yes: adults in Myrtle Beach and the rest of Horry 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, Myrtle Beach has the seventeenth-lowest 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 22.4 percent of adults in Myrtle Beach, the eleventh-lowest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 21.9 percent across Horry County.
In Horry County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 554 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the eleventh-highest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Myrtle Beach the eleventh-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.