Have you ever wondered what PTSD stands for? About who is affected by this debilitating condition? Or how people cope with it and current treatment options? If so, this video will provide a brief overview causes, symptoms, prevalence, diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of PTSD. Video and animation content were taken from the following youtube videos:

Understanding PTSD: Gina's story
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZLD9z6_bFI
How Prozac works- brief animation
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocSptPUBbuo&feature=youtu.be
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-jq36RKVa8

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This video was created by McMaster University students: Christopher Chiang, Alon Coret, Yalda Karimi, Babak Nouhi, and Warren Viegas in collaboration with the McMaster Demystifying Medicine Program.