Santee-Wateree Mental Health Center

Santee-Wateree Mental Health Center is a community mental health center located in Sumter, South Carolina, providing outpatient and emergency services for children, adolescents, adults, families, and seniors across Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, and Kershaw counties. The center supports individuals living with mental illness, depression, anxiety, dementia, and substance abuse through a coordinated system of outpatient care, crisis intervention, and after-hours emergency services. The facility is CARF accredited and focuses on helping individuals recover from mental illness while improving daily functioning and quality of life.

Core services include individual, group, and family therapy, psychiatric services, assessment, counseling, medication management, case management, psychosocial services, and supportive services such as living skills, employment services, and housing services. The center also provides specialized evidence-based programs including Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), which support individuals and families dealing with complex mental health needs. Through community-based programs, school-based services, and coordinated care, Santee-Wateree Mental Health Center delivers structured outpatient treatment and recovery-focused mental health services throughout the region.