ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT


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


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements Nos. 33-57210 and 33-62542 on Form S-8 of Charter Medical
Corporation of our report dated August 11, 1994, with respect to the combined
financial statements of the Selected Psychiatric Hospitals of National Medical
Enterprises, Inc. as of May 31, 1994 and 1993, and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended May 31, 1994, which report appears in the
Form 8-K/A of Charter Medical Corporation dated September 13, 1994.

                                                  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Los Angeles, California
September 13, 1994