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Luke Costin and Neve Brissenden

EXPLAINED: Doctors warned aggressive tactic will impact families - The Real Truth

More mental health patients may be forced into private care as public hospital psychiatrists resign. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

When Jess sought help in a mental health crisis, emergency doctors pointed her in the direction of a private hospital.

"Even though I was, like, acutely suicidal and manic, I wasn't admitted (publicly)," she told AAP.

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