The pair of therapists — one Swedish, one Canadian, and both sporting shocks of white hair — met for the first time several years ago in a Stockholm café, at the suggestion of a mutual acquaintance.

Although Hearst’s case remains one of the most well-known examples of Stockholm syndrome, the incident which lead the coinage of this condition by experts occurred at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden.

Stockholm syndrome is a mainstay in pop culture. It inspired movies like “Labor Day” and “Stockholm,” books like “Stolen” by Lucy Christopher and the famous Wattpad story turned New York Times ...

In 1973, 21-year-old Elisabeth Oldgren posed this question to a psychiatrist in the wake of a robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, in which she and three other bank workers had been held hostage from Aug. 23 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s a common term these ...

MINNEAPOLIS - April 19, 2021 - Despite access to some of the best possible medical care in the world, Senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy both died within 18 months of their diagnosis of ...

Stockholm syndrome isn't a psychological diagnosis. Instead, it's a way of understanding the emotional response some people have toward a captor or an abuser. It happens to some abuse and hostage ...

It’s become a familiar pop culture reference–but the roots of ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ were anything but entertaining. On this day in 1973, Jan-Erik Olsson took four bank workers hostage at the Sveriges ...

Even the stars you admire aren’t immune to the pull of Stockholm syndrome. Kim Kardashian, reality television icon and entrepreneur, recently revealed that she experienced a bit of it during her ...

It's a common term these days, deployed to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations sometimes develop with their captors: “Stockholm syndrome.” And it got its name 50 years ...