Bipolar Disorder Care in Walterboro, SC
A full lifetime mood history, long-term medication management and counseling for bipolar disorder, for adults in Walterboro and nearby Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head Island by secure video.
Bipolar Disorder Care for Adults in Walterboro
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides bipolar disorder care for adults in Walterboro and across Colleton 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 does not estimate bipolar disorder for communities, so this page uses nearby measures: the share of adults ever told they have depression, frequent mental distress, and short sleep, which matters because changes in sleep are among the signs clinicians ask about.
Bipolar Disorder Care: What the Local Figures Show in Walterboro
Compared with Colleton County as a whole, Walterboro has higher estimates for short sleep, fair or poor self-rated health, lack of social and emotional support and housing insecurity and lower estimates for depression, while frequent mental distress is about even.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Walterboro sits above the middle on short sleep, fair or poor self-rated health, lack of social and emotional support and housing insecurity, while depression and frequent mental distress are close to the middle.
Walterboro has the fourth-highest estimate for fair or poor self-rated health of the 34 communities on this site, and physical and mental health usually move together.
For housing insecurity, Walterboro ranks seventh-highest among them.
Its estimate for lack of social and emotional support is the eighth-highest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the depression estimate for Walterboro sits above Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head Island.
An estimated 17.1 percent of households in Walterboro have no broadband subscription, the sixteenth-highest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Walterboro | Colleton County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 21.9 percent | 22.6 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 17.8 percent | 17.8 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 38.7 percent | 38.1 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 27 percent | 25.9 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 27.4 percent | 26.4 percent |
| Adults who reported housing insecurity in the past year | 19.6 percent | 17.6 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.
Colleton County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Colleton County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 39.4 percent of adults sleeping less than seven hours a night, above the statewide 36.6 percent, the seventh-highest insufficient sleep figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Walterboro the tenth-highest short sleep estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Colleton County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 6 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 19.7 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 39.4 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 659 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 16.7 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 Walterboro
Boat builders, a shelf-stable food and beverage plant and other manufacturers are among Walterboro's employers; video visits can fit around demanding work schedules, with no drive.
Walterboro became the Colleton County seat in 1817 and was incorporated in 1826; starting over in a new place often means rebuilding friendships and routines from scratch.
The city calls the Walterboro Wildlife Sanctuary, more than 800 acres of creeks and hardwood flats, the largest city park in the state.
More than 500 Tuskegee Airmen trained at Walterboro Army Airfield during World War II.
Charleston is 48 miles east of Walterboro.
Campuses serving Walterboro include USC Salkehatchie and Technical College of the Lowcountry (Colleton campus).
Walterboro's economy centers on boat and food manufacturing and education.
Sources for these local facts: governor.sc.gov,postandcourier.com,walterborosc.org.
Bipolar Disorder Care That Fits Around Shift Work
Rotating and overnight shifts work against the regular sleep times that help keep moods steady.
Your provider can plan around your schedule, with medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, counseling and follow-up visits by video.
Your first visit looks across your whole life, not only today, at the highs, the lows, how long each lasted and what runs in your family.
Request an appointment for bipolar disorder care, call (843) 737-0312, or read about bipolar disorder care by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Bipolar Disorder Care in Walterboro: Questions
Yes: adults in Walterboro and the rest of Colleton 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, Walterboro has the eleventh-highest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
It is possible: hypomania can pass for a productive stretch and go unnoticed, so tell your provider about any time you needed far less sleep or had far more energy than usual, because that history can change the plan.
CDC PLACES puts it at 38.7 percent of adults in Walterboro, the tenth-highest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 38.1 percent across Colleton County.
In Colleton County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 659 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the seventh-highest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Walterboro the eighth-highest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Video visits run Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, and you can book one during a break or before or after work, with no drive.
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.