Facts about Stockholm Syndrome

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   Captive bonding in Stockholm Syndrome is thought to develop as a survival mechanism, where victims unconsciously align with captors to reduce perceived threat.

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   Stockholm Syndrome is not recognized as an official diagnosis in the DSM or ICD, classifying it instead as a colloquial psychological concept.

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   During the 1973 Norrmalmstorg robbery that inspired the term, hostages defended their captors to police and refused to testify against them after their release.

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   Psychologist Frank Ochberg helped formally define Stockholm Syndrome for the FBI and Scotland Yard in the 1970s, describing emotional bonding between captives and captors.

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   The term Stockholm Syndrome was coined by criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot in 1973 following a bank robbery and hostage crisis in Stockholm, Sweden.

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