What is Stockholm Syndrome? Discover the history behind Stockholm Syndrome and its connection to the Patty Hearst case an intriguing psychological phenomenon.
Stockholm syndrome is a condition that occurs when hostages develop an emotional or psychological connection to the people who held them in captivity. A
Few realize that ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ is a term that was foisted on a woman by a male psychiatrist who had never met her after a Swedish bank heist worthy of a movie. Fifty years after the hostage situation that gave the syndrome its name, Sheila Flynn reports on how minds have changed and how police may have avoided criticism by pathologizing a victim
Few realize that ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ is a term that was foisted on a woman by a male psychiatrist who had never met her after a Swedish bank heist worthy of a movie. Fifty years after the hostage situation that gave the syndrome its name, Sheila Flynn reports on how minds have changed and how police may have avoided criticism by pathologizing a victim