Richard Hogan: The current state of our mental health services is the scandal of our time

"To think that families at their most vulnerable, most in need of help, turning to our national services in those desperate moments, find that what they encounter distresses them further."

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This country has been gripped by the RTÉ pay scandal for several weeks. 

But the real scandal is the current state of our mental health services. It is the scandal of our time.