“…In several studies among university students high prevalence rates for current PTSD were found, 14% in Brazil (Netto et al, 2013), 15.7% in Kenya (Othieno, Okoth, Peltzer, Pengpid, & Malla, 2014), 12% in South Africa (Peltzer, 1998), and among US College students, 4.8%-9.2% depending on the diagnostic criteria (Elhai, Miller, Ford, Biehn, Palmieri, & Frueh, 2012). Adolescents and young adults have been found to be particularly vulnerable to traumatic events and PTSD (Netto et al, 2013). Further, it has been estimated that by 2020, psychological trauma will be among the leading causes of disability together with depression and heart disease (Michaud, Murray, & Bloom, 2001).…”