Seasonal Depression Care in Myrtle Beach, SC
Evaluation and a plan for depression that returns with the seasons, ideally before the shortest days arrive, for adults in Myrtle Beach by secure video.
Seasonal Depression Care for Adults in Myrtle Beach
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides seasonal 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).
Seasonal affective disorder has no CDC PLACES estimate, so the closest figures here are the share of adults ever told they have depression, frequent mental distress, and the share who get no leisure-time physical activity.
Seasonal 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, no leisure-time physical activity, short sleep and fair or poor self-rated health, 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 no leisure-time physical activity and fair or poor self-rated health and below it on depression, short sleep and loneliness, while frequent mental distress is close to the middle.
Myrtle Beach has the seventh-lowest estimate for loneliness of the 34 communities on this site, and loneliness often travels with depression and anxiety.
For fair or poor self-rated health, Myrtle Beach ranks eleventh-highest among them.
Its estimate for short sleep is the twelfth-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 with no leisure-time physical activity | 28 percent | 25 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 35.7 percent | 34.6 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 29 percent | 29.1 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 24.1 percent | 20.8 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
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; we accept Medicare, and most visits can be done by video.
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; hospitality workers with irregular hours can schedule video visits without a drive.
Myrtle Beach was incorporated in 1938 and became a city in 1957, the year its year-round population first passed 5,000.
Coastal Carolina University, in nearby Conway, enrolled 11,881 students in fall 2025.
About 9,100 students enrolled at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in fall 2025.
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.
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: amp.insurancejournal.com,myrtlebeachareacvb.com,cityofmyrtlebeach.com,wmbfnews.com,hgtc.edu.
Seasonal Depression Care for Older Adults
Seasonal depression is treatable at any age, and retirement routines that keep you indoors in winter are worth mentioning at a visit.
Ask your provider before buying a light box, especially if you have certain eye conditions or take medicines that raise sensitivity to sunlight.
Seasonal affective disorder is depression that returns on a seasonal schedule, most often starting in late fall or early winter and lifting in spring.
Request an appointment for seasonal depression care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about seasonal 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
Seasonal 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.
Yes: seasonal affective disorder is more common farther north, but living in South Carolina does not rule it out, and if your mood follows the seasons, an evaluation by secure video can look at the pattern across several years.
CDC PLACES puts it at 28 percent of adults in Myrtle Beach, the thirteenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 25 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: the plans we accept are Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice).
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.