Waccamaw Center for Mental Health

If you have a life threatening emergency, for you or someone else, please call 911 immediately.

Crisis Services are available in all three of our locations.  Contact numbers are listed at the bottom of this page.  During normal business hours between 8:30AM to 5:00PM, feel free to call your local office or stop by the office as the crisis permits.  After business hours, your call will be forwarded to the on-call line and you will be given further instructions. 

Crisis Intervention

Each resident of the Waccamaw Center for Mental Health service area is provided the opportunity to petition the Probate Court to determine whether a relative or friend who will not seek treatment voluntarily may need involuntary treatment for a mental health or substance abuse disorder.  Waccamaw Center for Mental Health is the primary consulting agency between the Probate Court and citizens in matters of mental health and substance abuse by initiating detention orders for emergency commitments and judicial examinations by the Probate Court. Waccamaw Center for Mental Health also provides Designated Examiners to perform Mental Health and Substance Abuse examinations for the Probate Court.

Waccamaw Mental Health provides support to the citizens of Georgetown, Horry, and Williamsburg Counties in matters of mental health and substance abuse by initiating the Probate Court paperwork for detention and evaluation orders.  We also work with the local Probate Courts to provide designated examiners to those identified by the court as in need of a mental health evaluation. 

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