Independent Auditors' Consent



The Board of Directors
Human Affairs International, Incorporated



         We  consent to the  inclusion  of our report  dated  February  7, 1997,
except as to note 10 which is as of  February  27,  1997,  with  respect  to the
consolidated  balance sheets of Human Affairs  International,  Incorporated  and
subsidiaries  as of  December  31, 1996 and 1995,  and the related  consolidated
statements of income,  stockholder's  equity,  and cash flows for the years then
ended,  which report appears in the Form 8-K of Magellan Health  Services,  Inc.
dated December 17
, 1997.



                                                     /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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Salt Lake City, Utah
December 17, 1997