May is Mental Health Month
Gov. Mark Sanford proclaimed May as Mental Health Month in South Carolina. Throughout May, advocates for people with mental illnesses, mentally ill citizens and their families, and mental health professionals are striving to raise public awareness of the facts about mental illnesses and to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illnesses.

The Department of Mental Health serves about 103,000 citizens including 33,000 children and adolescents with mental illnesses. The Department provides outpatient services through a network of 17 community mental health centers and numerous clinics. It also operates four psychiatric hospitals and three nursing centers, including two for veterans.

www.state.sc.us/dmh/