Psychiatric Solutions Elects William F. Carpenter III to its Board of Directors

Psychiatric Solutions Elects William F. Carpenter III to its Board of Directors



FRANKLIN, Tenn., March 29  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
("PSI")  today announced that William F. Carpenter III has been elected to its
Board of Directors.  Mr. Carpenter is Executive Vice President and General
Counsel for LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. , which operates 29 hospitals in non-urban
communities, and has been with LifePoint since its spin-off from HCA Inc. in May
1999.  He also serves as LifePoint's Chief Development Officer and its Corporate
Governance Officer. Earlier, Mr. Carpenter served as General Counsel to the
America Group of HCA, having previously been a corporate and healthcare attorney
for 15 years with Waller Lansden Dortch &Davis.  Mr. Carpenter received both
his BA degree and his JD degree from Vanderbilt University.

Joey Jacobs, PSI's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, remarked,
"Bill Carpenter has developed an outstanding reputation in the healthcare
industry, both as an attorney and in corporate management, and we are pleased
that PSI will benefit from his expertise as a member of our Board of Directors. 
His election to the Board is further evidence of our commitment to build the
strongest managementorganization in the behavioral health services industry. 
We believe this continuing commitment enhances our ability to achieve our
long-term goals for growth in earnings and stockholder value."

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health
programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults through its
operation of 26 owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities
with more than 3,200 beds.  The Company also manages freestanding psychiatric
inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units
within general acute care hospitals owned by others. 

DATASOURCE: Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.



CONTACT: Brent Turner, Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations

of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., [phone]

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