{"id":576955,"date":"2026-08-22T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576955\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:28:11","slug":"new-mental-health-practice-opens-in-danville-aims-to-expand-access-in-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576955\/","title":{"rendered":"New mental health practice opens in Danville, aims to expand access in rural communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) \u2014 A new mental health practice is open in Danville, with the goal of making care more accessible for people in Southside and surrounding rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>Shugart Mental Health is now seeing adult patients at its location on Piney Forest Road. The practice offers psychiatric evaluations, medication management and treatment for a variety of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Karen Shugart says she opened the practice after seeing a growing need for mental health services in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always a need for more, especially when it comes to mental health,\u201d Shugart said. \u201cMental health is still an underserved area of healthcare, particularly in smaller towns and more rural areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/free-fresh-produce-helps-cancer-patients-and-nursing-mothers-in-pittsylvania-county-august-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free fresh produce helps cancer patients and nursing mothers in Pittsylvania County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The practice also offers telehealth services for patients who may not be able to make an appointment in person.<\/p>\n<p>Shugart hopes the new clinic will give more people in Danville and the surrounding area access to mental health resources without having to travel outside the region for care.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about services and appointments, patients can contact Shugart Mental Health directly at 434-510-8049 or visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shugartmentalhealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) \u2014 A new mental health practice is open in Danville, with the goal of making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-576955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}