8-K

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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): August 14, 2002

Magellan Health Services, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	1-6639 (Commission File Number)	58-1076937 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

6950 Columbia Gateway Drive Suite 400 Columbia, Maryland (Address of Principal Executive Offices)	21046 (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 953-1000
Not Applicable (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 5. Other Events

        Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibits 99.1 and 992., respectively, are copies of Statements Under Oath, dated August 13, 2002, of the Principal Financial Officer and the Principal Executive Officer of Magellan Health Services, Inc. regarding facts and circumstances relating to Exchange Act Filings.

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(a)

Financial Statements of business acquired: Not applicable.

(b)

Pro forma financial information: Not applicable

(c)

Exhibits:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 13, 2002, Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 13, 2002, Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

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 hereto duly authorized.

MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
By:	/s/  MARK S. DEMILIO Mark S. Demilio Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 14, 2002

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Item 5. Other Events
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

SIGNATURES

EX-99.(A)

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Exhibit 99.1

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING
TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Mark S. Demilio, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, state and attest that:

(1)	To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Magellan Health Services, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
	•	no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
	•	no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2)	I have reviewed the contents of this statement with Magellan Health Services Inc.'s Audit Committee.
(3)	In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
	•	Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 of Magellan Health Services, Inc. as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2002;
	•	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 of Magellan Health Services, Inc. as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2001;
	•	all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Magellan Health Services, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
	•	any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  MARK S. DEMILIO Mark S. Demilio Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Magellan Health Services, Inc.	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 2002. /s/  TAIYA L. GRAHAM Notary Public
Date: August 13, 2002	My Commission Expires: October 1, 2005

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Exhibit 99.1

EX-99.(B)

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Exhibit 99.2

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING
TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Daniel S. Messina, President and Chief Executive Officer, state and attest that:

(1)	To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Magellan Health Services, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
	•	no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
	•	no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2)	I have reviewed the contents of this statement with Magellan Health Services Inc.'s Audit Committee.
(3)	In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
	•	Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 of Magellan Health Services, Inc. as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2002;
	•	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 of Magellan Health Services, Inc. as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2001;
	•	all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Magellan Health Services, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
	•	any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  DANIEL S. MESSINA Daniel S. Messina President and Chief Executive Officer Magellan Health Services, Inc.	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 2002. /s/  TAIYA L. GRAHAM Notary Public
Date: August 13, 2002	My Commission Expires: October 1, 2005

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Exhibit 99.2