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<P align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.</font>
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<div align="center"><font size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">113 Seaboard Lane, Suite&nbsp;C-100<BR>
Franklin, Tennessee 37027<BR>
(615)&nbsp;463-9338</FONT>
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<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. 1997 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for Key Personnel</font>
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<p align="center"><FONT size="2">Joey A. Jacobs<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.<BR>
113 Seaboard Lane, Suite&nbsp;C-100<BR>
Franklin, Tennessee 37027<BR>
(615)&nbsp;463-9338</font>
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<div align="center"><font size="2">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of Agent for Service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>

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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the
1997 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for Key Personnel.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In addition, pursuant to Rule
416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares
that may become exercisable pursuant to the antidilution provisions
of the Plans to which this Registration Statement relates.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">This estimation is solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rules&nbsp;457(c) and (h), based on the average of the high and
low prices for the Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ Stock
Market on October&nbsp;15, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g78683exv4w4.txt">1997 Incentive & Nonqualified Stock Option Plan</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (the &#147;Company,&#148; the &#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147; Psychiatric
Solutions&#148;) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">The audited financial statements of Psychiatric
Solutions, Inc. for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 and the
description of the Company&#146;s shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par
value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), contained in Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2002, as amended July
11, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Corporation Law, the Company is
empowered to indemnify its directors and officers in circumstances therein
provided.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
that no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such
director as a director, except (i)&nbsp;for breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty
to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii)&nbsp;pursuant to Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv)
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Company shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon
a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall also indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to
protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against any such expense, liability or loss, to the fullest extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Corporation has also entered into
separate indemnification agreements with each of its directors.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to
Exhibits on Page 6 of this Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated
herein by reference.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychiatric Solutions hereby undertakes:
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table
in the effective registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. That for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the mater has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Franklin, State of Tennessee, on this 7th day of
October, 2002.
</FONT>
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        <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
/s/ Joey A. Jacobs</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
<HR size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Joey A. Jacobs<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Date: October&nbsp;7, 2002</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Power of Attorney</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature to the Registration Statement appears below
hereby appoints Joey A. Jacobs as the person&#146;s attorney-in-fact to execute in
the name and behalf of any such person, individually and in the capacity stated
below, and to file all amendments and post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement, which amendment or amendments may make such changes and
additions in this Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
</FONT>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>SIGNATURE</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>TITLE</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>DATE</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Joey A. Jacobs<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Joey A. Jacobs</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jack Polson<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Jack Polson</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Accounting Officer
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;7, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Christopher Grant, Jr.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Christopher Grant, Jr.</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Charles C. McGettigan<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Charles C. McGettigan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Joseph P. Donlan<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Joseph P. Donlan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Mark P. Clein<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Mark P. Clein</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Edward K. Wissing<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Edward K. Wissing</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David S. Heer<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
David S. Heer</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit No.</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
The Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on March&nbsp;9, 1998
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30,
1998)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amendments to the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on
August&nbsp;5, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to
the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2002)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
The Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 1997)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.4</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. 1997 Incentive and Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan for Key Personnel.</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Ernst &#038;Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C.
(contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (see signature page)</FONT></TD>
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Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
23-2491707
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
113 Seaboard Lane, Suite C-100
Franklin, Tennessee 37027
(615) 463-9338
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. 1997 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for Key Personnel
(Full Name of Plan)
Joey A. Jacobs
President and Chief Executive Officer
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
113 Seaboard Lane, Suite C-100
Franklin, Tennessee 37027
(615) 463-9338
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Maximum Offering
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
(3)
Price
per Share
(4)
Aggregate Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01
par value
(1)
331,712 Shares
$
5.60
$
1,857,587
$
171
Common Stock, $0.01
par value
(2)
56,641 Shares
$
5.60
$
317,190
$
29
(1)
The number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the
1997 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for Key Personnel.
(2)
Shares of Common Stock that have been issued pursuant to non-qualified
stock option agreements.
(3)
In addition, pursuant to Rule
416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares
that may become exercisable pursuant to the antidilution provisions
of the Plans to which this Registration Statement relates.
(4)
This estimation is solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h), based on the average of the high and
low prices for the Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ Stock
Market on October 15, 2002.
The Index to Exhibits appears on sequentially numbered page 6
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PART II
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
1997 Incentive & Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner PC
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (the "Company," the "Registrant" or " Psychiatric
Solutions") pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
(1)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended July 31, 2002;
(2)
Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on
October 7, 2002;
(3)
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August
6, 2002;
(4)
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August
5, 2002;
(5)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
April 30, 2002; and
(6)
The audited financial statements of Psychiatric
Solutions, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2001 and the
description of the Company's shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par
value (the "Common Stock"), contained in Registration Statement
on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on June 12, 2002, as amended July
11, 2002.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware Corporation Law, the Company is
empowered to indemnify its directors and officers in circumstances therein
provided.
The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
that no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such
director as a director, except (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty
to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv)
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
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Under the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Company shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon
a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
The Company shall also indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorney's fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to
protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against any such expense, liability or loss, to the fullest extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Corporation has also entered into
separate indemnification agreements with each of its directors.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to
Exhibits on Page 6 of this Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
Psychiatric Solutions hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
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aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement:
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
4. That for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
5. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the mater has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Franklin, State of Tennessee, on this 7th day of
October, 2002.
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
/s/ Joey A. Jacobs
Joey A. Jacobs
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: October 7, 2002
Power of Attorney
Each person whose signature to the Registration Statement appears below
hereby appoints Joey A. Jacobs as the person's attorney-in-fact to execute in
the name and behalf of any such person, individually and in the capacity stated
below, and to file all amendments and post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement, which amendment or amendments may make such changes and
additions in this Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Joey A. Jacobs
Joey A. Jacobs
President and
Chief Executive Officer
October 7, 2002
/s/ Jack Polson
Jack Polson
Chief Accounting Officer
October 7, 2002
/s/ Christopher Grant, Jr.
Christopher Grant, Jr.
Director
October 10, 2002
/s/ Charles C. McGettigan
Charles C. McGettigan
Director
October 10, 2002
/s/ Joseph P. Donlan
Joseph P. Donlan
Director
October 10, 2002
/s/ Mark P. Clein
Mark P. Clein
Director
October 10, 2002
/s/ Edward K. Wissing
Edward K. Wissing
Director
October 10, 2002
/s/ David S. Heer
David S. Heer
Director
October 10, 2002
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on March 9, 1998
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
1998)
4.2
Amendments to the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on
August 5, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended July 31, 2002)
4.3
The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1997)
4.4
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. 1997 Incentive and Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan for Key Personnel.
5.1
Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Ernst &Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.3
Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
(contained in Exhibit 5.1)
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Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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