Stockholm Syndrome

Ideas & Concepts

De: iMinds

Narrado por: Luca James Lee

Learn about Stockholm Syndrome with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.At first glance two of the 1970's most notorious bank robberies would seem to have nothing in common. They occurred eight months apart, for different motives, on opposite sides of the globe. But these two incidents would prove seminal to the development and understanding of a curious and once controversial psychological condition; Stockholm Syndrome.

On the 15th of April 1974, the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco was robbed. Security footage showed a young, attractive urban guerrilla brandishing a machine gun and ordering people in the bank to lie face down on the ground.

The term Stockholm Syndrome had been coined less than a year earlier by psychiatrist Nils Bejerot after the robbery of the Norrmalmstorg Kreditbanken in Stockholm. The bungled robbery resulted in a hostage situation during which four bank employees were held captive for more than five days from August 23rd to August 28th 1973.

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Nice little bit of trivia knowledge

Nice little bit of trivia knowledge. It wasn't deep, and isn't meant to be so. Just a quick bit of knowledge on something that I already knew little about. Now I know a smidge more. Great way to pass 7 minutes. I don't know that I would pay for it separately, but it is free with my Audible membership. Nice little perk value.

Stockholm Syndrome

I love the bite sized, easy to retain knowledge this book gives. Better Learning.

Short and sweet

I would have liked to hear more studies (if there are any) felt like it was a informative story but nothing about the effect it has on the brain

Stockholm syndrome in a nutshell

Stockholm syndrome in a nutshell, thank you. Perceived dependancy together with a disconnection from the outside world makes the "child" dependent on their captives such as the Church of Scientology.

Understanding my hardship that I am choosing to share to spread awareness on this awful challenge

This excerpt identifies the complexities in the minds of survivors under serious life threatening situations.

Great Short on a Strange Phenomenon

Stockholm Syndrome is a contested illness, named for hostages in a Stockholm, Sweden failed bank robbery attempt in 1973. A convicted felon took four bank employees captive for six days, held them in a bank vault, eventually releasing them. Afterward, none of the four employees would testify against their captor, instead they began raising money for his defense. Probably the most famous example is when Patty Hearst was taken captive by the Symbionese Liberation Army (an urban guerilla group) in 1974, and actively robbed banks in San Francisco with them. She was arrested in 1975 and convicted. Her attorney used Stockholm Syndrome as her defense unsuccessfully. Her sentence was later commuted. Psychiatrists differ in their opinions on the disorder and it doesn't appear in psychiatric diagnostic manuals, rather falling under PTSD or trauma bonding. Very interesting listen.

Necessary short and simple

I resonated with the terror of feeling the negative rejoinder of a religious cult I felt abducted into and had sympathized with on accident. Thank you for presenting the generalized case of Stockholm Syndrome with the particular example of Hearst.