Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-111679

SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS

DATED JANUARY 29, 2004

PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.

4,932,932 Shares

Common Stock

     The prospectus, dated January 29, 2004 (the “Prospectus”), to which this supplement, dated May 11, 2004, is attached (the “Supplement”), relates to the resale by the holders thereof of up to an aggregate of 4,891,502 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) that are issuable upon the conversion of the Company’s series A convertible preferred stock and 41,430 shares of Common Stock that are held by certain of the selling stockholders. This Supplement together, with the Prospectus, is to be used by certain holders of Common Stock or by their transferees, pledgees, donees or their successors in connection with the offer and sale of Common Stock. You should read this Supplement in conjunction with the Prospectus. This Supplement is qualified by reference to the Prospectus except to the extent that the information in this Supplement supersedes the information contained in the Prospectus.

     The table appearing under the heading “Selling Stockholders” in the Prospectus is hereby amended and superseded in part by the information appearing in the table below.

					Percentage of Common
	Number of Shares		Number of Shares of		Stock Beneficially
	of Common Stock		Common Stock That		Owned Assuming
Name of Selling	Beneficially		May Be Sold		Completion of This
Stockholder	Owned		Pursuant Hereto		Offering
California Emerging Ventures II, LLC(1)
California Public Employees’ Retirement System(2)		39,085		9,621		*

(1)	On or before May 5, 2004, California Emerging Ventures II, LLC distributed 9,621 shares of the Company’s common stock to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(2)	Shares are held in California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s nominee name, Surfboard & Co.

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.

See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 33 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2003.

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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus or this Supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this Supplement is May 11, 2004