What is Stockholm syndrome?
[[File:Former Kreditbanken Norrmalmstorg Stockholm Sweden.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Former [[Kreditbanken]] building in Stockholm, Sweden, the location of the 1973 [[Norrmalmstorg robbery]] (photographed in 2005)]] '''Stockholm syndrome''' is something that sometimes happens to people who are victims of [[kidnapping]]. In Stockholm syndrome, the [[victim]] starts feeling [[loyalty]] toward the person who kidnapped him or her and even start to have feelings for the person. It got its name from a [[bank robbery]] in Norrmalmstorg in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] in 1973. There was a bank robbery where two thieves held four people as [[hostage|hostages]]. After the thieves were arrested, the hostages defended them publicly. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1919757,00.html|title=A Brief History of Stockholm Syndrome|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Laura|date=August 31, 2009|publisher=Time Magazine|accessdate=2010-03-14|archive-date=2010-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325014311/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1919757,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{med-stub}} [[Category:Psychology]]