UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 7, 2004 (September 1, 2004)

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.

840 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 460, Franklin, Tennessee 37067
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(615) 312-5700
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Table of Contents

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On September 1, 2004, William M. Petrie, M.D. was elected to the Board of Directors of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”). Dr. Petrie is President of Psychiatric Consultants, P.C. (“PPC”), a leading psychiatry practice in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as the Clinical Director of Geriatric Services and an attending physician at Parthenon Pavilion at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Meharry Medical College.

     The Company performs certain management services for PPC pursuant to a Management Agreement. PPC paid the Company $112,135 for such services in 2003 and has paid the Company $80,621 through July 30, 2004. In addition to being President of PPC, Dr. Petrie owns approximately a 14% interest in PPC.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.