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Maeve Bannister and Neve Brissenden

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Concerns are growing for mental health treatment as public psychiatrists start to resign. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Wards have closed and hospitals are gearing up for the mental health crisis to worsen as public psychiatrist resignations begin trickling in.

Almost two-thirds of public hospital psychiatrists are poised to resign from NSW Health over a pay dispute in a state system which already has 140 long-term vacancies.

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