South Carolina – Mental Health Resources – A Helpful Guide

South Carolina SC Health, Medical Resources SC Mental Health Quick Guide

SC Online State Government Resources

• South Carolina Department of Mental Health - home page
  – Telephone numbers

• Teen-Matters.com - help for young South Carolinians - info on suicide, body image, bullying, rape, drugs, alcohol abuse, and more
  

• Mental Health Speakers Bureau - public awareness, advocacy
  

SC Mental Health Laws, Legislation

• SC laws related to mental health, mental illness, mental retardation - Title 44

• Individual Title 44 chapters:

  Chapter 9 - creation of SCDMH + administration, duties
  Chapter 11 - state mental health facilities
  Chapter 13 - admission, detention, removal of patients
  Chapter 15 - local mental health boards, centers
  Chapter 17 - care, commitment of mentally ill persons
  Chapter 20 - SC Mental Retardation, Related Disabilities, Head Injuries, and Spinal Cord Injuries Act
  Chapter 21 - Department of Disabilities, Special Needs Family Support Services - focus, services
  Chapter 22 - rights of mental health patients
  Chapter 23 - provisions for both mentally ill and mentally retarded persons
  Chapter 24 - commitment of children
  Chapter 25 - interstate compact on mental health
  Chapter 26 - rights of mental retardation clients
  Chapter 27 - patients at federal institutions
  Chapter 28 - trust funds, aid - for self-sufficiency, disability, developmental disability, mental illness, physical handicap
  

SC Public Mental Health Care Providers, Facilities

• SC community mental health centers, satellite offices
  – Map of SC community mental health service areas
• Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Community Mental Health Center
• Berkeley Community Mental Health Center
• Charleston/Dorchester Community Mental Health Center
• Greenville Mental Health Center

SC Private Mental Health Care Providers, Facilities

• Psychologists, counselors
• Three Rivers Center for Behavioral Health - Columbia
• Carolina Center for Behavioral Health - Greer
• New Hope Treatment Centers - children, adolescents only - click "Residential Services" in left margin to view SC programs, facilities
  
• Westview Behavioral Health Services - Newberry

SC Mental Health Organizations

• Arc of South Carolina - works to improve lives of people with mental retardation and other developmental disorders
  
• Federation of Families of South Carolina
• Mental Health America in South Carolina
  – Mental Health Associations in SC counties
• Melinda A. Carter Foundation - North Charleston - raising awareness of children with mental health issues
  
• Mental Illness Recovery Center - Columbia
• NAMI of South Carolina - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  – NAMI of Greenville, SC
• Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
• SC Share - Self-Help Association Regarding Emotions
• South Carolina Psychiatric Association

Related SC Mental Health Resources

• Mental health volunteer opportunities
• Practical online mental health info - links for mental health professionals, psychiatry residents, graduate students, mental health clients, and family members