EXHIBIT 5.1



               [LETTERHEAD OF WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, PLLC]



                                November 4, 2003


Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
113 Seaboard Lane, Suite C-100
Franklin, Tennessee 37067

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-107453 (as amended, the "Registration
Statement"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to
$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 10 5/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Notes") and the accompanying guarantees (the
"Guarantees").

         In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of the Registration Statement, the
Indenture dated as of June 30, 2003 between the Company, the subsidiary
guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors"), and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to which the Notes will be
issued (as amended, the "Indenture"), the form of the Notes filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement and such corporate records, agreements, documents
and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public
officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors,
and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have
deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth.

         In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all
documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of
fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we
have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and
representatives of the Company and the Guarantors.

         Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated
herein, we are of the opinion that:

         1. The Notes are duly authorized, and, when duly executed on behalf of
the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in accordance with the
terms of the





Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, will constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in
accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors' rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to
general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity) and except that the waiver contained in Section
4.06 of the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.

         2. The Guarantees to be executed by the Guarantors are duly authorized
by the Guarantors, and, when duly executed on behalf of the Guarantors and when
the Notes are duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Statement,
will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors,
enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally,
and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including
principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless
of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except
that certain remedial provisions of the Guarantees are or may be unenforceable
in whole or in part under the laws of the State of New York, but the inclusion
of such provisions does not affect the validity of the Guarantees, and the
Guarantees contain adequate provisions for the practical realization of the
rights and benefits afforded thereby, and except that the waiver contained in
Section 4.06 of the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.

         We consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the prospectus which is a
part of the Registration Statement.


                                     Very truly yours,

                                     Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis
                                     A Professional Limited Liability Company