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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

'I felt worse afterwards': woman calls out mental health system

Emma Haining at home in Mayfield. She went to the Mater for help with an acute mental health episode and was turned away. Picture by Jonathan Carroll

Mayfield's Emma Haining went through a series of traumatic events and felt like "there was no point living".

"I didn't know what to do or who to talk to. I felt like hurting myself," Miss Haining, 49, said.

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