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bias

The overall Wiki article is clearly biased towards saying there is no such thing a Stockholm Syndrome and, if there is, it's 8% of less. It is also very selective in which cases and evidence it presents. APaul2021 (talk) 12:40, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. DS (talk) 16:38, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

lead

If the purpose of a lead is to accurately summarize the article, this one should state that Stockholm syndrome is a widely criticized theory with no acceptance in the scientific community. Instead this lead tries to convince you its real using dubious FBI statistics while the rest of the article is almost entirely criticism of the theory. Either the lead is wrong or the main body of the article is, but currently they are contradictory and the cited sources point into a very clear direction. jonas (talk) 10:05, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Last sentence of the first paragraph: "in fact it is a "contested illness" due to doubts about the legitimacy of the condition"

How would you improve that? DS (talk) 16:22, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Polygnotus (talk) 19:17, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

facts?

I just heard David King, cited in footnote #1, on Radiolab (Dec 6, 2024, How Stockholm Stuck). He repeated and then completely debunked both assertions in this sentence: "When the hostages were released, none of them would testify against either captor in court; instead, they began raising money for their defense." 198.176.81.33 (talk) 21:48, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 198.176.81.33! Thank you for your comment. I have listened to that show as well, and there seem to be a lot of mistakes in the interpretation of the behaviour of the Stockholm hostages. I will take a look, and I will also see if I can find some good sources. Lova Falk (talk) 09:42, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lot of criticism against this syndrome already in the article. I cannot find any good sources to show that it was not true that the hostages began raising money for the kidnappers' defense. This seems to be an erroneous statement that was copied by the whole world. If you can find anything to improve the article, please add to it. I did add the Radiolab episode and a transcript in the external links section. Lova Falk (talk) 10:14, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]