About Us

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acadia Healthcare was established in January 2006 to develop and operate a network of behavioral health centers across the country. Acadia provides premier psychiatric and chemical dependency services to its patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers and outpatient clinics and therapeutic school based programs.

Acadia's facilities includes:

  • Riverwoods Behavioral Health System in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Acadia Vermilion in Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Acadiana Addiction Center in Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Acadia Montana in Butte, Montana
  • Acadia Hawaii in Hilo, Hawaii
  • Acadia Abilene in Abilene, Texas
  • The Village in Louisville, Tennessee


Acadia Healthcare's mission is to create a world-class organization that sets the standard of excellence in the treatment of specialty behavioral health and addiction disorders.

Acadia Healthcare, LLC is backed by Waud Capital Partners (WCP), a private equity investment firm founded in 1993 with more than $450 million under management.

Acadia's management style and philosophy is one of collaboration and flexibility as we create an energetic and team oriented service delivery system. Our organization values input from employees, physicians and all strategic alliances. As evidenced in our mission statement, Acadia Healthcare's mission is to create behavioral health centers where people receive care that enables them to regain hope in a supportive, caring environment. We want Acadia to be synonymous with excellent care, phenomenal customer service and an unparalleled commitment to our patients, staff, physicians and community.