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Stockholm Syndrome

May 20, 2018
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ANECDOTE

Hostages Bond in Stockholm Robbery

  • During the 1973 Stockholm bank robbery, hostages bonded with their captors, even protecting them from police harm.
  • They developed a micro-society over six days, showing notable sympathy and cooperation.
INSIGHT

Stockholm Syndrome as Situational Symptoms

  • Stockholm syndrome is a situational psychological grouping of symptoms, not a clinical diagnosis.
  • It describes captives' attachment to captors, sometimes manifesting as compassion or siding with them against perceived threats.
ANECDOTE

Patty Hearst's Kidnapping and Robbery

  • Patty Hearst was kidnapped at 19 by the Symbionese Liberation Army and later appeared robbing a bank with them.
  • Her case became the iconic, controversial example of alleged Stockholm syndrome in the US.
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