mental health

Amanda Hamilton is a South Carolina mom who invited her daughter, Eliza, to ask her candid questions about her life and about her experience with depression and anxiety.

Mental healthcare providers in South Carolina make less on the dollar than other medical professionals, and there are fewer providers than there need to be, a new report finds.

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Claire Smith about postpartum anxiety and the importance of early treatment.

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Claire Smith about postpartum anxiety and the importance of early treatment.

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Mary Hart Bryan about Parkinson’s disease and mental health.

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Mary Hart Bryan about Parkinson’s disease and mental health.

Jazz has always been more than notes—it’s a conversation, a release, and a way to center the mind. When musicians improvise, they enter a state of focused presence. The past and the future fall away, and the only thing that matters is the phrase unfolding in the moment. That’s mindfulness.

The summer after Peyton Wooldridge of Chester, S.C. graduated from Mary Baldwin University in 1968, two of her female classmates went to Vietnam to serve during the war. One of those classmates wrote to her, encouraging her to also come and serve, saying, “This will change your life.”

Maternal mental illness affects one in five women annually in the United States, and it is the leading cause of maternal mortality, due to suicide and drug overdose.

On Friday, a federal judge ordered the release of contingency funds to cover Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments. Even with that kind of step, the stress of the moment and questions about tomorrow weigh heavy on some South Carolinians when they think of safety net programs.