Exhibit 10.3**NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION**_________, Optionee:     **PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.**(the “**Company**”), pursuant to its Amended and Restated EquityIncentive Plan (the “**Plan**”), has granted to you, the optionee named above, an option to purchaseshares of the common stock of the Company (“**Common Stock**”). This option is not intended toqualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal RevenueCode of 1986, as amended (the “**Code**”).     The grant hereunder is in connection with and in furtherance of the Company’s compensatorybenefit plan for participation of the Company’s employees (including officers), directors orconsultants. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this agreement but defined in the Plan shallhave the same definitions as in the Plan.     The details of your option are as follows:     1. **Number Of Shares Subject To This Option And Exercise Price**. The total number ofshares of Common Stock subject to this option is ___. The exercise price of this option is$  _________ per share.     2. **Vesting**. Subject to the limitations contained herein, **25%**of the shares will vest(become exercisable) on each anniversary of the date of grant, beginning on ___, 200_, untileither (i) you cease to provide services to the Company for any reason, or (ii) this option becomesfully vested.     3. **Method Of Payment**.          (a) **Method of Payment**. Payment of the exercise price per share is due in full upon exercise ofall or any part of this option. You may elect, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes andregulations, to make payment of the exercise price under one of the following alternatives:               i. Payment of the exercise price per share in cash (including check) at the time of exercise;               ii. With the prior approval of the Committee, payment pursuant to a program developed underRegulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board and in accordance with the rules andregulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission which, prior to the issuance of Common Stock,results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocableinstructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds;               iii. Provided that at the time of exercise the Company’s Common Stock is publicly traded andquoted regularly in the Wall Street Journal, payment by delivery of already-owned shares of CommonStock, held for the period required to avoid a charge to the
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Company’s reported earnings, and owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances orsecurity interests, which Common Stock shall be valued at its fair market value on the date ofexercise; or               iv. Payment by a combination of the methods of payment permitted by subparagraph 3(b)(i)through 3(b)(iii) above.     4. **Whole Shares**. This option may only be exercised for whole shares.     5. **Securities Law Compliance**. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary containedherein, this option may not be exercised unless the shares issuable upon exercise of this optionare then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares are not then so registered, theCompany has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registrationrequirements of the Securities Act.     6. **Term**. The term of this option commences on ___, 200_, the date of grant, andexpires on ___, 201_ (the “**Expiration Date**”), which date shall be no more than ten (10) yearsfrom date this option is granted, unless this option expires sooner as set forth below or in thePlan. In no event may this option be exercised on or after the Expiration Date. This option shallterminate prior to the Expiration Date as follows: three (3) months after the termination of yourprovision of services as an employee, director or consultant with the Company or an Affiliate ofthe Company unless one of the following circumstances exists:          (a) Your termination of provision of services as an employee, director or consultant is due toyour disability. This option will then expire on the earlier of the Expiration Date set forth aboveor twelve (12) months following such termination of provision of services as an employee, directoror consultant.          (b) Your termination of provision of services as an employee, director or consultant is due toyour death. This option will then expire on the earlier of the Expiration Date set forth above ortwelve (12) months after your death.          (c) If during any part of such three-month period you may not exercise your option solelybecause of the condition set forth in paragraph 5 above, then your option will not expire until theearlier of the Expiration Date set forth above or until this option shall have been exercisable foran aggregate period of three (3) months after your termination of provision of services as anemployee, director or consultant.          (d) If your exercise of the option within three (3) months after termination of your provisionof services as an employee, director or consultant with the Company or with an Affiliate of theCompany would result in liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, thenyour option will expire on the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date set forth above, (ii) the tenth(10th) day after the last date upon which exercise would result in such liability or (iii) six (6)months and ten (10) days after the termination of your provision of services as an employee,director or consultant with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.     This option may be exercised following your termination of provision of services as anemployee, director or consultant only as to that number of shares as to which it was exercisable
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on the date of your termination of provision of services as an employee, director orconsultant under the provisions of paragraph 2 of this option.     7. **Exercise**.          (a) This option may be exercised, to the extent specified above, by delivering a notice ofexercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary ofthe Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours,together with such additional documents as the Company may then require pursuant to the Plan.          (b) By exercising this option you agree that, as a precondition to the completion of anyexercise, the Company may require you to enter an arrangement providing for the payment by you tothe Company of any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exerciseof this option; (2) the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the shares are subjectat the time of exercise; or (3) the disposition of shares acquired upon such exercise. You alsoagree that the exercise of this option has not been completed and that the Company is under noobligation to issue any shares of Common Stock to you until such an arrangement is established orthe Company’s tax withholding obligations are satisfied, as determined by the Company.     8. **Transferability**. This option is not transferable, except by will or by the lawsof descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only by you. Notwithstanding theforegoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, youmay designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled toexercise this option.     9. **Option Not A Service Contract**. This option is not an employment contract andnothing in this option shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your partto continue in the employ of the Company, or of the Company to continue your employment with theCompany. In addition, nothing in this option shall obligate the Company or any Affiliate of theCompany, or their respective shareholders, Board of Directors, officers or employees to continueany relationship which you might have as a Director or Consultant for the Company or Affiliate ofthe Company.     10. **Notices**. Any notices provided for in this option or the Plan shall be given inwriting and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered bythe Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid,addressed to you at the address specified below or at such other address as you hereafter designateby written notice to the Company.     11. **Governing Plan Document**. This option is subject to all the provisions of thePlan, a copy of which is attached hereto and its provisions are hereby made a part of this optionand is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may fromtime to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict betweenthe provisions of this option and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
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     Datedthe ___ day of ___, 200____.      Very truly yours,