South Carolina State Factsheet - NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Mental Health in South Carolina
1 in 5 U.S. adults experience
mental illness each year.
706,000 adults in South Carolina
have a mental health condition.
It is more important than
ever to build a stronger
mental health system that
provides the care, support
and services needed to help
people build better lives.
That¡¯s more than 5x the population of Charleston.
More than half of Americans report
that COVID-19 has had a negative
impact on their mental health.
In February 2021, 37.6% of adults in
South Carolina reported symptoms of anxiety
or depression.
23.3% were unable to get needed counseling or therapy.
1 in 20 U.S. adults experience serious
mental illness each year.
In South Carolina, 183,000 adults
have a serious mental illness.
1 in 6 U.S. youth aged 6¨C17 experience
a mental health disorder each year.
53,000 South Carolinians age
12¨C17 have depression.
South Carolinians struggle to get the help they need.
More than half of people with a mental
health condition in the U.S. did not receive
any treatment in the last year.
Of the 220,000 adults in South Carolina who
did not receive needed mental health care,
47.2% did not because of cost.
10.8% of people in the state are uninsured.
South Carolinians are over 5x more
likely to be forced out-of-network for
mental health care than for primary health care
¡ª making it more difficult to find care and less
affordable due to higher out-of-pocket costs.
2,304,799 people in South Carolina live in a community that
does not have enough mental health professionals.
Mental Health in South Carolina
An inadequate mental health system affects individuals, families and communities.
High school students with depression
are more than 2x more likely to drop out
than their peers.
56.2% of South Carolinians age 12¨C17 who
have depression did not receive any care
in the last year.
4,287 people in South Carolina
are homeless and 1 in 7 live with
a serious mental illness.
On average, 1 person in the U.S. dies by
suicide every 11 minutes.
In South Carolina, 811 lives were lost
to suicide and 189,000 adults had
thoughts of suicide in the last year.
1 in 4 people with a serious
mental illness has been arrested
by the police at some point in their lifetime ¨C
leading to over 2 million
jail bookings of people with
serious mental illness each year.
About 2 in 5 adults
in jail or prison have a
history of mental illness.
7 in 10 youth in the
juvenile justice system have
a mental health condition.
NAMI South Carolina is part of NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation¡¯s
largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the
millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
This fact sheet was compiled based on data available in February 2021. For full citations, visit: mhpolicystats.
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