EXHIBIT 99.1

PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS; INC.

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CONTACTS:
Brent Turner                                        Isa Diaz
Vice President, Treasurer and                       Executive Vice President of
Investor Relations                                  Corporate Relations
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.                         Ramsay Youth Services, Inc.
(615) 312-5700                                      (305) 569-4626

           PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE
                RAMSAY YOUTH SERVICES IN $78 MILLION TRANSACTION

        WILL PAY CASH of $5 PER OUTSTANDING SHARE OF RAMSAY COMMON STOCK

Franklin, Tenn, and Coral Gables, Fla. (April 9, 2003) - Psychiatric Solutions,
Inc. ("PSI") (Nasdaq: PSYS) and Ramsay Youth Services, Inc. ("Ramsay") (Nasdaq:
RYOU) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby PSI will
acquire Ramsay in a transaction valued today at approximately $78 million,
consisting of $58.l million in cash, or $5.00 per share, for Ramsay's common
stock, and the assumption of Ramsay's outstanding debt. Consummation of the
transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of
regulatory approvals, as well as approval by Ramsay's stockholders. PSI is in
the process of arranging the financing for the transaction and has received a
"highly confident" letter from its senior lender. Certain members of Ramsay's
Board of Directors and executive management have executed voting agreements with
PSI in favor of the transaction, representing approximately 64% of Ramsay's
outstanding common stock. PSI and Ramsay expect to complete the transaction by
early July 2003.

         Joey Jacobs, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PSI,
commented, "This definitive agreement with Ramsay represents another major step
toward PSI's goal of becoming the leading provider of inpatient behavioral
health services in the United States. Through this acquisition, which we expect
will be accretive to our 2003 financial results, we will gain an array of high
quality behavioral health facilities and management contracts that together
produced revenues of $145.2 million and EBITDA (earnings before interest taxes,
depreciation and amortization) of $12.0 million for 2002. We will also gain a
quality team of skilled and experienced professionals, which will be the
foundation of our plans to leverage the strong market position of Ramsay's
facilities to generate continued increases in revenues and profits from these
operations."

         Luis E. Lamela, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ramsay, added,
"PSI shares our commitment to high standards in delivering quality behavioral
treatment programs. We are excited that by joining forces with PSI, Ramsay will
be able to offer its customers an unparalleled array of specialized mental
health and behavioral treatment services."

         Mr. Jacobs continued, "This transaction further serves as another
example of the substantial growth opportunities that we believe exist in the
highly fragmented inpatient behavioral health services market. We see rising
inpatient admissions and reimbursement as reflective of increasing demand in a
capacity constrained industry. Therefore, a key element of our acquisition
criteria is the

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ability to expand the capacity of acquired facilities through new programming
and increased psychiatric staff, as well as through physical additions and
improvements.

         "As a result of our strategy to consolidate the inpatient behavioral
health services market, we more than doubled our current inpatient beds in
operation to approximately 1,500 through our recent purchase of six inpatient
facilities from The Brown Schools, five of which were completed on April 1,
2003, and one of which is expected to be completed in mid-April. The Ramsay
transaction will add approximately 1,240 inpatient beds."

         Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral
health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults through its
ownership and operation of freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities and its
management of psychiatric units within general acute care hospitals. PSI
currently owns and operates 10 freestanding inpatient facilities and manages 49
psychiatric units.

         Ramsay Youth Services, Inc. is a leading provider and manager of mental
health, substance abuse and behavioral health programs and services in
residential and non-residential settings in eleven states and the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico.

         This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements other
than those made solely with respect to historical fact and are based on the
intent, belief or current expectations of PSI and its management. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
risks and uncertainties that may cause PSI's actual results to differ materially
from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Risks and
uncertainties that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to:
(1) the failure to complete the acquisition of Ramsay; (2) potential competition
which alters or impedes PSI's acquisition strategy by decreasing PSI's ability
to acquire additional facilities on favorable terms; (3) the ability of PSI to
improve the operations of acquired facilities; (4) the ability to maintain
favorable and continuing relationships with physicians who use PSI's facilities;
(5) the limited operating history of PSI; (6) the ability to receive timely
additional financing on terms acceptable to PSI to fund PSI's acquisition
strategy (including for Ramsay) and capital expenditure needs; (7) risks
inherent to the healthcare industry, including the impact of unforeseen changes
in regulation, reimbursement rates from federal and state healthcare programs or
managed care companies and exposure to claims and legal actions by patients and
others; and (8) potential difficulties in integrating the operations of PSI with
The Brown Schools and other acquired facilities. The forward-looking statements
herein are qualified in their entirety by the risk factors set forth in PSI's
and Ramsay's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
factors listed in their Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2002 under the caption "Risk Factors." PSI and Ramsay undertake no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Readers should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements, which reflect management's views only as of the
date hereof.

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