Charleston/Dorchester CDMHC Dorchester County Mental Health

Care Offered

• Mental health treatment
• Dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Setting

• Outpatient treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Treatment Approaches

• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual diagnosis disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Trauma therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Who Operates This Facility

• the State government

Payments and Insurance Accepted

• County or local government funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

Special Programs and Population Groups Supported

• Transitional age young adults
• Seniors or older adults
• LGBT
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance
• Persons with serious mental illness

Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Case management
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Illness management and recovery
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services

Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/adolescents
• Seniors (65 or older)
• Young adults

Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Additional Languages Supported

• Spanish