Josh Hartnett was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Wendy Anne (Kronstedt) and Daniel Thomas Hartnett, a building manager.
Stockholm syndrome refers to a group of psychological symptoms that occur in some persons in a captive or hostage situation. It has received considerable media publicity in recent years because it has been used to explain the behavior of such well-known kidnapping victims as Patty Hearst (1974) and Elizabeth Smart (2002).
The victim was Patricia Hearst, the daughter of newspaper executive Randolph Hearst and granddaughter of the legendary William Randolph Hearst. Her story put a face to a new concept for Americans -- Stockholm Syndrome, where hostages identify with their captors.