Exhibit 99

[PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC. LOGO]


CONTACT:
Brent Turner
Executive Vice President, Finance and
  Administration
(615) 312-5700


                          PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS RAISES
                  EARNINGS GUIDANCE FOR 2006 TO $2.10 TO $2.15


Franklin, Tenn. (September 6, 2005) - Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. ("PSI")
(NASDAQ: PSYS) today announced that is has raised its earnings guidance for 2006
to a range of $2.10 to $2.15 from the previous range of $1.97 to $2.05. PSI
increased its guidance in response to continuing significant growth in its
existing operations and in the facilities recently purchased from Ardent Health
Services, as well as better than expected terms on its new senior credit
facilities and senior subordinated notes. The Company's guidance includes the
anticipated impact from its planned public offering of 3.5 million shares of
common stock under its currently effective shelf registration statement. This
guidance does not include any impact from additional future acquisitions or the
expected adoption of FASB Statement No.123R in the first quarter of 2006.

         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. 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) potential competition which alters or impedes PSI's
acquisition strategy by decreasing PSI's ability to acquire additional inpatient
facilities on favorable terms; (2) the ability of PSI to improve the operations
of acquired inpatient facilities, including the inpatient facilities acquired
from Ardent Heath Services; (3) the ability to maintain favorable and





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continuing relationships with physicians who use PSI's facilities; (4) the
ability to receive timely additional financing on terms acceptable to PSI to
fund PSI's acquisition strategy and capital expenditure needs, including PSI's
planned public offering of common stock; (5) risks inherent to the health care
industry, including the impact of unforeseen changes in regulation,
reimbursement rates from federal and state health care programs or managed care
companies and exposure to claims and legal actions by patients and others; and
(6) potential difficulties in integrating the operations of PSI with recently
acquired operations, including the inpatient facilities acquired from Ardent
Heath Services. 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 PSI's Annual Report on Form
10-K for 2004 filed on March 15, 2005, 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.

         PSI offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to
critically ill children, adolescents and adults through its operation of 55
owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than
6,400 beds. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for
government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical
hospitals owned by others.

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