title: [September 11, 2001: experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder].
abstract: This article searches for a broader knowledge on the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after the author has experienced the tragedy occurred in September 2001 in New York. The article aims at reporting this life experience after the terrorist attacks by relating it to the PTSD as well as trying to interpret and to understand the event from the point of view of this personal experience. Thus, it is possible to contribute to the care of the clients who look for support and comfort after trauma experience and to help them with more knowledge by getting resources to face it and helping them in the search for both an integrated performance and well being.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. agnes@enf.ufrgs.br
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olschowsky
authors.forename: Ursula Vogel
authors.initials: UV
authors.lastname: Schmitz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*