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Farid Farid and Luke Costin

Public mental health system 'overwhelmed' as staff quit

Psychiatrist Chris Ryan says the gutting of mental health services is the worst in 20 years. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

An underfunded mental health system "driven by crisis" has been highlighted as a stand-off over psychiatrists' pay reaches the courtroom.

Successive NSW governments have failed to address a retention crisis being fuelled by better pay and conditions interstate, the union representing psychiatrists says.

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