Seasonal Depression Care in Sumter, SC
Evaluation and a plan for depression that returns with the seasons, ideally before the shortest days arrive, for adults in Sumter and nearby Orangeburg, Newberry and Columbia by secure video.
Seasonal Depression Care for Adults in Sumter
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides seasonal 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).
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 Sumter
Compared with Sumter County as a whole, Sumter has higher estimates for short sleep, loneliness and fair or poor self-rated health, while depression, frequent mental distress and no leisure-time physical activity are about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Sumter sits above the middle on no leisure-time physical activity, short sleep, loneliness and fair or poor self-rated health 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 loneliness is the tenth-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 with no leisure-time physical activity | 27.6 percent | 27.4 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 43.2 percent | 41.9 percent |
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 35 percent | 34.5 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 22.9 percent | 22.4 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
Sumter carries the name of General Thomas Sumter, the Revolutionary War's Fighting Gamecock; starting over in a new place often means rebuilding friendships and routines from scratch.
Sumter's Swan Lake Iris Gardens is the only public park in the country with all eight swan species; hospitality workers with irregular hours can schedule video visits without a drive.
With nearly 6,000 jobs, manufacturing is the largest employment sector in Sumter County.
Continental's Sumter tire plant, founded in 2012, has more than 1,200 workers making passenger and light truck tires.
Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter is headquarters of Ninth Air Force, also called U.S. Air Forces Central.
Roughly one in seven Sumter County adults is a veteran, against about one in ten in neighboring Richland County.
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: sumtersc.gov,U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025,continental.com,en.wikipedia.org,lmi.sc.gov.
Seasonal Depression Care for Busy, Growing Communities
Shorter winter days still come to South Carolina, and a mood that drops at the same time each year is worth bringing up.
Treatment can include talk therapy, light therapy guidance, medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, or a combination, with video follow-up.
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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Seasonal 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.
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 27.6 percent of adults in Sumter, the fifteenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 27.4 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.
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.