Exhibit 3.4

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                           PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.



     PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), does
hereby certify:

     FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.

     SECOND: The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on
March 9, 1998, and was amended on August 5, 2002, August 30, 2002 and March 21,
2003.

     THIRD: The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation is hereby amended so that Section A of ARTICLE V reads in its
entirety as follows:

     "A. This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares to be
     designated, respectively, "Common Stock" and "Preferred Stock." The total
     number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is
     One Hundred Twenty-Six Million One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred
     Thirty (126,186,530) shares, of which One Hundred Twenty-Five Million
     (125,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, each having a par value of one
     cent ($0.01) per share, and One Million One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand
     Five Hundred Thirty (1,186,530) shares shall be Preferred Stock, each
     having a par value of one cent ($0.01) per share."

     FOURTH: The above amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation was duly adopted and approved at a meeting of
the members of the Board of Directors and duly adopted and approved at a special
meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate on this
15th day of December, 2005.

                               PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.


                               By:   /s/ Christopher L. Howard
                                     -------------------------
                               Name:   Christopher L. Howard
                               Title:  Executive Vice President, General Counsel
                                       and Secretary