South Carolina Medicaid: Emotional health

According to Resources to Recover opens in new window ¹, of the 4.8 million people who live in South Carolina, close to 4.5% (or approximately 216,000) people have some type of mental health condition, including depression. Of these people, only 44.5% (or approximately 96,120) people get any type of help.

As a Humana Healthy Horizons^® in South Carolina member you can:

• Access many different types of behavioral health services that can help with issues you may face
• Call a behavioral health provider for an appointment
• Access help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via the Healthy Connections Crisis Hotline at 833-364-2274 (TTY: 711)

Your emotional health affects how you:

• Act
• Feel
• Handle stress
• Make healthy choices
• Relate to others
• Think

Taking care of your emotional health is important for children and adults, and can include²:

• Being flexible when facing challenges
• Being part of a social network or community
• Creating and living a life with a sense of purpose
• Identifying and improving personal strengths
• Learning from and bouncing back from setbacks
• Making time for hobbies and leisure activities
• Seeing the positive in all situations – even bad situations

To help take care of your child’s emotional health:

• Be available for your children
• Let your kids know you’re listening
• Respond in a way your children will hear

To find a doctor who can talk with you about your or your child’s emotional health:

• Use our Find Care opens in new window services
• Call us at 866-432-0001 (TTY: 711), Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., Eastern time