Not all wounds bleed.
This is the powerful message and new focus of this year's Anzac Day.
Whangarei's RSA president, Chris Harold, said the psychological effects of war such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are well overdue for some recognition and are a much larger problem than many realise.
Harold said the mental effects of war had become a larger topic of conversation over the past few years, but it should have been looked at earlier.
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