00:01:22

VO: Iman, a 26 year-old pharmacist sees her mother for the first time since she was admitted to the Benghazi Psychiatric Hospital.  The previous day she suffered a psychological breakdown so intense that she had to be drugged and tied to her bed.

00:18:15

VO: Iman is just one of hundreds of new patients arriving at the hospital which serves the eastern half of the country, an area that has been bombed, rocketed, and fought over for almost two months.

00:28:11

Rebel: “Allah-hu-Akbar! Allah-hu-Akbar! Allah-hu-Akbar!”

00:33:17

Vo: The inpatient capacity has been stretched from 350 to 450 even though staff is down over 50% and medication is running low.

00:45:00

VO: To make matters worse, the stress that the fighting has inflicted on the civilian population is beginning to take its toll.  More and more patients are arriving every day, suffering from mental illnesses such as Acute Stress Reaction and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

00:59:18

Dr. Ali Elroey: “This is one of our sections here.  It’s open now.”

01:04:13

The director, Dr. Ali Elroey, founded the hospital over 20 years ago.

01:09:01

Dr. Ali Elroey: “Come with me.  There is…This is Male Section A, by the way.”

01:13:17

VO: He treats patients from cities like Ras Lanuf, Brega, Ajdabiya, and Misurata that have experienced attacks by the Rebels, the Loyalists, and even NATO.

01:21:23

Dr. Ali Elroey: “The people that watch this event, usually suffer from extreme stress disorders.  The current situation, we have a lot of people coming to our out-patient clinic because of the stress they are facing.  A lot of the so called neurotic stress problems among young people, even children.”

01:53:00

VO: The senior female psychologist at the hospital, is the first doctor to see Iman

01:57:12

Iman: “Gaddafi was coming for a picnic.  Just imagine, killing is a picnic for them.  Killing…God forgive our sins…Slaying is a picnic for him. Slaying is a picnic for him.  Raping women is a picnic for him.  Raping is a picnic for him.  Is there any other human that can think like this?  Just imagine…  Then I started to fall apart.  Everyone was trying to shut me up, but I would just cry.  I cried a lot.  Every time I said my prayers I cried.  Every time they tried to calm me down I screamed.  I put on the religious channel very loud.  They told me to turn it down and I screamed at them.  I got so worked about what was happening, I had to stop watching the news.  May god help us and set us free.”

03:00:05

VO: Iman is eventually diagnosed with agitated depression and released into her mother’s care.  But the worry for the doctors is how many more cases like Iman’s there will be.

03:08:21

Dr. Ali Elroey: “If this conflict continues to takes months and so on, the number of people coming here is expected to be increasing.”

03:20:14

VO: A 2001 World Health Organization study estimates that 20% of people who experience traumatic events will develop debilitating conditions.

03:29:15

VO: As the war drags on into yet another week, the number of civilians damaged by the violence will only rise.

03:36:07

For TIME VIDEO, Sebastian Meyer, in Benghazi, Libya.