OCD Care in North Charleston, SC
Careful evaluation and medication management for obsessive-compulsive disorder, with exposure-based therapy or a referral to an ERP specialist, for adults in North Charleston and nearby Hanahan, Goose Creek and Ladson by secure video.
OCD Care for Adults in North Charleston
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides OCD care for adults in North Charleston and across Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester Counties 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 North Charleston
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, North Charleston sits above the middle on lack of social and emotional support and loneliness and below it on depression, while frequent mental distress, short sleep and fair or poor self-rated health are close to the middle.
North Charleston has the ninth-highest 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 depression, North Charleston ranks twelfth-lowest among them.
Its estimate for short sleep is the fourteenth-highest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the frequent mental distress estimate for North Charleston sits above Hanahan; about level with Goose Creek and Ladson.
An estimated 22.6 percent of households in North Charleston have no broadband subscription, the eighth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | North Charleston |
|---|---|
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 17.5 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 21.5 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 37.7 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 26.9 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 34.5 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 21.1 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 North Charleston the seventeenth-highest 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 North Charleston
Charleston Southern University and the Thornley Campus of Trident Technical College on Rivers Avenue are both in North Charleston; we see students 18 and older by secure video, around class schedules.
The Leatherman Terminal, opened in North Charleston in 2021, has room for 700,000 container units a year; fast growth brings new neighbors, heavier traffic and rising costs, and many people are building their support networks from scratch.
North Charleston is one of only three places worldwide that build wide-body commercial jets, and major vehicle and parts makers work there too.
Part of Charleston Air Force Base, within Joint Base Lindsey Graham, lies in North Charleston, the state's third-largest city.
The Charleston Naval Base had more than 36,000 workers in 1983 and shut down in 1996.
The H.L. Hunley, the world's first successful combat submarine, was raised in 2000 and is being conserved in a North Charleston laboratory.
Campuses serving North Charleston include Charleston Southern University, Trident Technical College, ECPI University and Webster University.
North Charleston's economy centers on aircraft and vehicle manufacturing, the military and logistics.
Sources for these local facts: en.wikipedia.org,scspa.com,ajc.com,postandcourier.com,hunley.org.
OCD Care for College Students and Young Adults
Heavy workloads and new independence can feed perfectionism and checking at college, and students 18 and older can be seen by video between classes.
Exposure-based therapy and medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, can be planned around the academic calendar.
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 North Charleston?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Hanahan, Goose Creek and Ladson, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
OCD Care in North Charleston: Questions
Yes: adults in North Charleston and the rest of Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester Counties 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, North Charleston has the twelfth-highest 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 21.5 percent of adults in North Charleston, the twelfth-lowest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site.
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 North Charleston the ninth-highest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: students 18 and older, including those at Charleston Southern University, Trident Technical College, ECPI University and Webster University, can be seen by secure video around their class schedules.
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.