BHDD Office of Mental Health offers a wide range of mental health services

BHDD Office of Mental Health is a healthcare organization committed to providing quality mental health services to residents of South Carolina. We have a talented team of psychiatrists, mental health counselors, nurses, case managers, administrative and support staff who are passionate about helping people.

• 16 community-based outpatient mental health centers
• Clinics which serve all 46 counties in South Carolina
• 3 licensed hospitals, 1 for substance use disorder treatment
• A network of state veteran nursing homes
• A Forensics program
• Telepsychiatry

BHDD Office of Mental Health Programs

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (BHDD) Office of Mental Health offers a number of specialty mental health programs that enhance and expand upon our evidence-based outpatient counseling services and intensive inpatient treatment. These programs often represent one-of-a-kind offerings in South Carolina and are designed to improve access to care and to offer more robust levels of treatment, which have helped make BHDD Office of Mental Health a leader in mental health across the state and beyond.

Our list of mental health programs is vast and often unique to each of our community mental health centers, hospitals, and our central office. We encourage you to contact us about your needs as we may have several beneficial programs to help meet your needs. 

• ACT – Assertive Community Treatment
• Child, Adolescent, & Family Services (CAF)
• School Mental Health Services
• Continuity of Care
• Crisis Stabilization Services
• Deaf Services
• Mobile Crisis
• Grant Funded Programs:
  • Metropolitan Children’s Advocacy Center (Met CAC)
  • First Responder Support Team
  • Housing & Homeless Services (Under Construction)
  • Jail and Correctional Services
  • Suicide Prevention, Office of
  • Telepsychiatry
  • Toward Local Care (TLC)
  • Trauma Services

Who We Serve

BHDD Office of Mental Health provides psychiatric treatment for residents of South Carolina experiencing mental illness. BHDD Office of Mental Health provides children, adolescents, adults and families necessary inpatient and outpatient services which may include: emergency psychiatric services, assessments, case management, outpatient counseling and other psychiatric treatment. BHDD Office of Mental Health offers a wide variety of mental health treatment services for a broad range of problem areas, which include:

• Alcohol and other drug addictions
• Anxiety
• Attention Deficit Disorder (Complicated with Significant Behavioral Problems)
• Behavioral Problems
• Bipolar Disorder
• Co-occurring Disorders
• Depression
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Suicide Risk
• Thought Disorders (e.g., Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective)
• Trauma

Priority is given to those with serious and persistent mental illness.

Insurance

Contact your local clinic to learn which insurances they accept. No one is turned away for treatment regardless of ability to pay.

Our Community Mental Health Centers

Serving all 46 counties in SC

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (BHDD) Office of Mental Health offers a wide variety of treatment services right in your community. With clinics in multiple locations across all 46 counties – we are easy to access.

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