EXHIBIT 99.1

[Letterhead of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.]

Contact:
Brent Turner
Vice President, Treasurer and
  Investor Relations
(615) 312-5700

Psychiatric Solutions Announces Planned Private Offering of $150 Million of
Senior Subordinated Notes

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (June 9, 2003) -- Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. ("PSI")(Nasdaq:
PSYS) today announced that it is planning a private offering of $150 million of
senior subordinated notes. The net proceeds of the offering will be used
primarily to refinance the acquisition of Ramsay Youth Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:
RYOU), to refinance a substantial portion of PSI's debt and to repay all of the
debt of Ramsay Youth Services. In connection with the offering, PSI expects to
amend and restate its senior credit facility. The amended and restated credit
facility will be comprised of a $17.0 million senior secured note and a $50.0
million senior secured revolver.

The senior subordinated notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of
1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements.

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. The proposed offering has not
been initiated and its completion is subject to a variety of uncertainties,
including the obtaining of the contemplated amendment to PSI's senior credit
facility, general market conditions and changes in PSI's business and
operations. PSI's business and operations are subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties that might cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected by any forward-looking statements. Factors that could 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 ability to
receive timely additional financing on terms acceptable to PSI to fund PSI's
acquisition strategy (including for Ramsay) and capital expenditure needs; (6)
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 (7) potential difficulties in integrating the
operations of PSI with recently acquired operations. The forward-looking
statements herein are qualified in their entirety by the risk factors set forth
in PSI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
factors listed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002 under the caption "Risk Factors." PSI undertakes 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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