Postpartum Depression Care in Sumter, SC
Care for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and the year after birth, coordinated with your OB/GYN, for adults in Sumter and nearby Orangeburg, Newberry and Columbia by secure video.
Postpartum Depression Care for Adults in Sumter
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides postpartum depression care for adults in Sumter and across Sumter 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 Sumter
Compared with Sumter County as a whole, Sumter has higher estimates for short sleep, food insecurity and housing insecurity, while depression, frequent mental distress and lack of social and emotional support are about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Sumter sits above the middle on short sleep, lack of social and emotional support, food insecurity and housing insecurity and below it on depression, while frequent mental distress is close to the middle.
Sumter has the second-highest estimate for short sleep of the 34 communities on this site, and poor sleep and mental health tend to pull on each other.
For depression, Sumter ranks eighth-lowest among them.
Its estimate for housing insecurity is the eighth-highest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the depression estimate for Sumter sits below Newberry and Columbia; about level with Orangeburg.
An estimated 18.8 percent of households in Sumter have no broadband subscription, the thirteenth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Sumter | Sumter County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 21.1 percent | 21 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 17.8 percent | 17.4 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 43.2 percent | 41.9 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 26.5 percent | 26.3 percent |
| Adults who reported food insecurity in the past year | 25.3 percent | 23 percent |
| Adults who reported housing insecurity in the past year | 19.3 percent | 17.7 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.
Sumter County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Sumter County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts an average of 5.5 days of poor mental health in the past month for adults, above the statewide 5.2 days, the ninth-lowest poor mental health days figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Sumter the twelfth-highest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Sumter County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 5.5 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 17.5 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 43.2 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 548 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 13.4 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 Sumter
Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter is headquarters of Ninth Air Force, also called U.S. Air Forces Central; military families face frequent moves and long separations, and care by secure video can continue after a move within South Carolina.
Continental's Sumter tire plant, founded in 2012, has more than 1,200 workers making passenger and light truck tires; video visits can fit around demanding shift schedules, with no drive.
Roughly one in seven Sumter County adults is a veteran, against about one in ten in neighboring Richland County.
With nearly 6,000 jobs, manufacturing is the largest employment sector in Sumter County.
Sumter's Swan Lake Iris Gardens is the only public park in the country with all eight swan species.
Sumter carries the name of General Thomas Sumter, the Revolutionary War's Fighting Gamecock.
Campuses serving Sumter include Morris College, Central Carolina Technical College and USC Sumter.
Sumter's economy centers on the military and tire and medical device manufacturing.
Sumter County is federally designated as a mental health professional shortage area, meaning there are too few mental health professionals for the people who live there; telehealth lets Sumter residents see a provider without waiting for a local opening.
Sources for these local facts: en.wikipedia.org,continental.com,lmi.sc.gov,U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025,sumtersc.gov.
Postpartum Depression Care for Military and Veteran Families
Having a baby during a deployment or right after a move can leave a parent without family support nearby, and video care can continue after a move within South Carolina.
Treatment can include counseling and medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, after a close look at the benefits and risks for you and your baby.
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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Postpartum Depression Care in Sumter: Questions
Yes: adults in Sumter and the rest of Sumter 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, Sumter has the tenth-highest 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 26.5 percent of adults in Sumter, the tenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 26.3 percent across Sumter County.
In Sumter County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 548 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the eleventh-lowest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Sumter the tenth-highest 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.