The healthcare provider Asha Vista plans to open a psychiatric hospital in Murrells Inlet. It will host a town hall meeting about the project on Jan. 28.

Asha Vista, a planned 178-bed psychiatric hospital, could soon come to Murrells Inlet. Horry County Council will take a final vote on the settlement agreement next week.

Psychiatric hospitals could close beds under proposed state rules if regulators don’t allow implementation time, facilities warn.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute have developed and tested a virtual mental health crisis prevention program designed specifically for families of autistic ...