PTSD Care in Myrtle Beach, SC
Trauma-informed evaluation and treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder, with trauma-focused counseling and medication when indicated, for adults in Myrtle Beach by secure video.
PTSD Care for Adults in Myrtle Beach
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides PTSD 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 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 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 and frequent physical distress, while depression and loneliness are about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Myrtle Beach sits above the middle on frequent physical distress and below it on short sleep, lack of social and emotional support, depression and loneliness, while frequent mental distress is close to the middle.
Myrtle Beach has the 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 loneliness, Myrtle Beach ranks seventh-lowest among them.
Its estimate for lack of social and emotional support is the eleventh-lowest of the group.
Against other South Carolina communities on this site, the frequent mental distress estimate for Myrtle Beach sits below Columbia and Orangeburg; about level with Sumter.
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 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 ever told by a health professional they have depression | 21.6 percent | 21.5 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 29 percent | 29.1 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor physical health in the past month | 17.1 percent | 15.8 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
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; veterans can face depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder and sleep problems long after their service ends, and all of them are treatable.
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.
About 9,100 students enrolled at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in fall 2025.
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.
Coastal Carolina University, in nearby Conway, enrolled 11,881 students 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,hgtc.edu,myrtlebeachareacvb.com,amp.insurancejournal.com,wmbfnews.com.
PTSD Care for Military and Veteran Families
Service members, veterans and their spouses live with deployments and danger that can leave lasting stress, and care by video can continue after a move within South Carolina.
Treatment can include trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, and veterans can reach the Veterans Crisis Line by dialing 988 and pressing 1.
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
- Can PTSD Start Months After a Trauma? Signs, Timing and When to Get Help
- After Military Service: PTSD Care in South Carolina
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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
PTSD 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.
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 35.7 percent of adults in Myrtle Beach, the twelfth-lowest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 34.6 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.
Yes, when you have one of the plans we accept (Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice)); our front desk checks your coverage before the first visit, and video care can continue after a move within South Carolina.
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.