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Your mental well-being is our focus, every day.

Our skilled psychiatric specialists offer mental health services that improve your mental functioning and emotional health. We also provide the latest treatments and therapy resources.

Search Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness

Mental health hospital near Charleston, South Carolina

At our hospital in Ladson, skilled psychiatric specialists offer full-spectrum mental and behavioral health care, including compassionate inpatient treatments and outpatient care. With a supportive approach, we work to help you get back to living your life.

Why people choose us

Our hospital is committed to offering advanced healthcare services with a compassionate, patient-focused approach in the Charleston community.

We live here and work here.

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We provide high-quality care.

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We're part of the Charleston community.

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Capabilities

  • Addiction treatment and recovery program
  • Adolescent mental health and wellness program serving teens 12 years old and older
  • Inpatient mental health care
  • Intensive outpatient program (IOP)
  • Live Oak Mental Health Therapy Center - Charleston (outpatient clinic serving Charleston peninsula residents)
  • Partial hospitalization program

Featured services

We are proud to offer comprehensive mental health services and programs to you and your family. Some of our specialties include:

Addiction treatment

Our outpatient intensive group therapy program helps strengthen your ability to manage and thrive beyond your substance use disorder. Psychiatric specialists diagnose, assess and create a custom treatment plan for your needs.

Learn more about addiction recovery 

Inpatient psychiatric care

Mental health specialists offer you around-the-clock monitoring and care to help you reach optimal mental functioning or well-being as much as possible.

Learn more about inpatient services 

Outpatient mental health clinic

Our downtown clinic, Live Oak Mental Health Therapy Center - Charleston, offers you psychiatric care without the need to drive to our Ladson hospital. We provide outpatient intensive group therapy that equips you to manage emotional issues, including anxiety, grief and depression.

Learn more about our Charleston therapy center 

Preparing for your visit

We strive to prepare you for your stay in our hospital, offering you resources and information to help you understand what to expect at each step of your healthcare journey.

Patient financial resources

Our hospital is committed to providing useful information to our patients so you can understand the financial side of your healthcare needs.

Register online

We know your time is valuable, so we offer convenient online registration for services such as surgical procedures, mammograms and diagnostic tests and treatments.

Advance care planning

When creating an advance care plan, there are several aspects to consider. That's why we've put together a set of guidelines to help you make your plan.

For visitors

We want our patients' visitors to be as informed and comfortable as possible. To do that, we provide information regarding our visitor services and policies, guest Wi-Fi access, community partnerships and other resources.

Visitor services and policies 

MyHealthONE is our secure patient portal that allows you to manage all parts of your healthcare easily and securely.

  • View health records — lab results, physician notes, imaging reports and more
  • View your post-visit summary
  • Schedule a follow-up appointment
  • Share your health records with a physician or caregiver
  • And more
Create an account 

Download the MyHealthONE® app on the App Store® or Google Play

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