The Beckman Center for Mental Health Services (BCMHS), one of 16 community mental health centers operated by the South Carolina Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Office of Mental Health (BHDD OMH), provides outpatient mental health services to children, adolescents, adults and families in Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda counties.
BCMHS opened its doors to serve the residents of Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens and McCormick counties Jan. 7, 1963. The original clinic, named the Area Five Mental Health Center, was located in Greenwood and staffed by two full-time employees and one part-time psychiatrist. Saluda County became part of the center in 1964 and Newberry County in 1965, completing the area that we continue to serve.
In 1966 the name of the center was officially changed to the Beckman Center for Mental Health Services in memory of W.P. Beckman, M.D., who had served for many years as the state director of Mental Health for the South Carolina Mental Health Commission and was a pioneer during the original community mental health movement.
View the Beckman Center for Mental Health Services Strategic Plan.
Our center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International (CARF), an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services whose mission is to promote the quality, value and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process and continuous improvement services that center on enhancing the lives of those served.