EXHIBIT 23B

                              ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT

The Boards of Directors
Charter Medical Corporation and
  National Medical Enterprises, Inc.

    Our  report, dated July 19, 1993  except as to Note 9,  which is as of April
14, 1994, and  Note 10,  which is  as of  May 13,  1994, was  qualified for  the
effects  on the  combined financial statements  of such adjustments,  if any, as
might be necessary  had the Company  been able  to determine the  amount of  the
settlements  and  agreements  described  in Note  9  to  the  combined financial
statements that are applicable to the Selected Psychiatric Hospitals.

    We consent to the use  of our qualified reports  included herein and to  the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

                                                  /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick

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Los Angeles, California
May 17, 1994