| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 1103 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans - Schedule of Weighted-Average Asset Allocation by Asset Category in Partnerships in Care Pension Plan (Detail) (http://www.acadiahealthcare.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureEmployeeBenefitPlansScheduleOfWeightedAverageAssetAllocationByAssetCategoryInPartnershipsInCarePensionPlan) |
| Table | Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001520697 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Partnership in Care Benefits Plan [Member] |
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31 | 2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31 | |||||||||||
| Defined Benefit Plan, Asset Categories [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plan, Asset Categories [Axis] | |||||||||||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.K. Government Obligation [Member] | Annuity Contracts [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Debt Securities [Member] | Other [Member] | Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.K. Government Obligation [Member] | Annuity Contracts [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Debt Securities [Member] | Other [Member] | |
Weighted-average asset allocation | ||||||||||||