EXHIBIT 10.4

                         MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
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                         2003 MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

                    NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF STOCK OPTION GRANT
                     REFERENCE No. 2004-___-3 (____________)
                 As of January 5, 2004, Amended January 3, 2006

           THIS NOTICE REFLECTS AMENDMENTS OF THE TERMS OF THE STOCK OPTION
GRANT BEARING THE SAME REFERENCE NUMBER DATED AS OF JANUARY 5, 2004, INCLUDING A
DEFERRAL OF THE TIME AT WHICH THE OPTION CAN FIRST BE EXERCISED TO JANUARY 5,
2007 AS TO PART OF THE SHARES SUBJECT TO THE OPTION THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE EARLIER
EXERCISABLE AND THE REDUCTION OF THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE OPTION CAN BE
EXERCISED FOR SOME OF THE SHARES SUBJECT TO THE OPTION TO END ON DECEMBER 31,
2006 AND TO END ON DECEMBER 31, 2007 AS TO ALL OTHER SHARES SUBJECT TO THE
OPTION, IN EACH CASE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND SUPERCEDES IN ITS ENTIRETY AND
REPLACES THE PREVIOUS NOTICE OF THE OPTION GRANT.

NAME OF OPTIONEE:

SHARES SUBJECT TO OPTION:     ________ shares of the Ordinary Common Stock of
                              Magellan Health Services, Inc. ("Shares") as of
                              January 3, 2006. (Original grant was for ________
                              Shares but the Option has previously been
                              exercised for ________ Shares.)

TYPE OF OPTION:               ___X___  Nonqualified      ________  Incentive

EXERCISE PRICE PER SHARE:     $ 11.91

DATE OF GRANT; DATE
OF AMENDMENT:                 As of January 5, 2004; amended as of January 3,
                              2006.

EXPIRATION DATE:              December 31, 2007, except that, in respect of the
                              ________ Shares for which this option is
                              exercisable on January 5, 2006, this option shall
                              expire on December 31, 2006.

DATE EXERCISABLE:             This option shall be exercisable (prior to its
                              expiration) in whole or in part (i) only to the
                              extent it is vested and (ii) as follows: ________
                              Shares after January 5, 2006 and until December
                              31, 2006 and ________ Shares after January 5, 2007
                              and until December 31, 2007. In addition, after
                              termination of Optionee's Service, this option
                              shall be exercisable (prior to its expiration)
                              during the time period and on the conditions
                              specified below (and only during such time period
                              and on such conditions, notwithstanding the
                              provisions of the Option Agreement otherwise
                              governing the exercise of this option after
                              termination of Optionee's Service).


                    Exercise after termination of Service:
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                    >>        In the event Optionee's Service terminates by
                              reason of his resignation, this option (to the
                              extent then vested) shall be exercisable
                              immediately (regardless of the restrictions on
                              exercisability set forth above) but only until the
                              later of (i) 90 days following the date Optionee's
                              Service terminates by reason of such resignation
                              and (ii) the 45th day following the first day on
                              or after the date Optionee's Service so terminates
                              when the Optionee is not subject to a prohibition
                              imposed by the Company on trading securities of
                              the Company and may sell the Shares acquired upon
                              exercise of the Option without violation of Rule
                              10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              (but not later than the earlier of the end of the
                              calendar year in which such termination occurs or
                              the expiration of the option (on December 31, 2006
                              or 2007, as the case may be).

                    >>        In the event Optionee's Service terminates by
                              reason of discharge by the Company for cause, this
                              option shall cease to be exercisable (even if
                              vested) automatically upon the effective date
                              Optionee's Service so terminates.

                    >>        In the event Optionee's Service terminates by
                              reason of his death or disability, this option
                              shall vest as provided below and shall be
                              exercisable immediately (regardless of the
                              restrictions on exercisability set forth above)
                              and shall remain exercisable until the earlier of
                              the end of the calendar year in which such
                              termination occurs or the expiration of the option
                              (on December 31, 2006 or 2007, as the case may
                              be).

                    >>        In the event Optionee's Service terminates by
                              reason of discharge by the Company without cause
                              or Optionee terminates his Service for good reason
                              (whether or not in connection with a change in
                              control of the Company), this option shall vest as
                              provided below and shall be exercisable
                              immediately (regardless of the restrictions on
                              exercisability set forth above) and shall remain
                              exercisable until the earlier of the end of the
                              calendar year in which such termination occurs or
                              the expiration of the option (on December 31, 2006
                              or 2007, as the case may be).

                    For purposes of determining when the foregoing provisions
                    concerning exercise after termination of Service apply
                    (including what events constitute a change in control of the
                    Company and when a termination of Service is in connection
                    with a change in control of the Company), the provisions of
                    Optionee's Employment Agreement dated as of January 5, 2004
                    shall apply (even in the event such agreement has previously
                    expired in accordance with its terms).


VESTING:            This option shall vest with respect one-half of the Shares
                    subject hereto (1/3 of the Shares originally subject hereto
                    upon grant on January 5, 2004), i.e., ________ Shares, on
                    each of the second and third anniversaries of the Date of
                    Grant, provided that Optionee's Service continues until the
                    date of vesting, except that, if Optionee's Service with the
                    Company terminates (i) by reason of his death or disability,
                    (ii) by reason of discharge by the Company without cause
                    (whether or not in connection with a change in control of
                    the Company) or (iii) by the Optionee for good reason
                    (whether or not in connection with a change in control of
                    the Company), this option shall immediately vest in full
                    upon such earlier termination in Service. In addition, in
                    the event of a change in control of the Company, this option
                    shall immediately vest in full. Notwithstanding the vesting
                    of this option as to part of the Shares subject to this
                    option at an earlier time as provided by the immediately
                    preceding sentence, this option shall not be exercisable as
                    to any Shares before the date provided above.

                    For purposes of determining when the foregoing provisions
                    concerning acceleration of vesting apply (including what
                    events constitute a change in control of the Company and
                    when a termination of Service is in connection with a change
                    in control of the Company), the provisions of Optionee's
                    Employment Agreement dated as of January 5, 2004 shall apply
                    (even in the event such agreement has previously expired in
                    accordance with its terms).

OTHER TERMS:        The provisions of Section 12 of the Plan and subsection 2(c)
                    of the Stock Option Agreement shall not apply to this
                    option; the provisions of Optionee's Employment Agreement
                    with the Company dated as of January 5, 2004 shall instead
                    apply to any circumstance in which such provisions would
                    otherwise apply.

By signing your name below, you accept the amendment, as provided above, of the
option award previously granted to you and acknowledge and agree that this award
is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of Magellan Health
Services, Inc. 2003 Management Incentive Plan and the related Stock Option
Agreement, reference number 2004-001, both of which are hereby made a part of
this document.


Optionee:


___________________________
Name:


                                         MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                         By:____________________________________

                                         Name:__________________________________

                                         Title:_________________________________



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