7thNews letter from parental-alienation.info

L.F. Lowenstein

2 September 2006

Dear visitor of parental-alienation.info,

Dear visitor of parental-alienation.info,

No doubt you will have heard of the tragic events that have happened in the life of Natasha Kampusch from Austria. It has made the headlines across Europe and around the globe. She was abducted and kept in a prison in an underground cell without natural light and air being pumped into her enclosure. She escaped after eight years captivity and it would be expected that she would have been reunited with her family immediately after her escape. Sadly this did not happen. Natasha appears to suffer from the "Stockholm Syndrome" as coined in 1973 by Nils Bejerot, a psychiatrist, while working for the police. At the time it occurred that there was a bank robbery and four bank clerks were taken hostage by an armed robber who threatened to kill them. To the surprise of the police, the hostages stated that they had no wish to be rescued indicating that they felt sympathy for their captor.

Reports about the event can be found across the internet in various newspapers. Here are a few links to Natasha's escape and her development of the Stockholm Syndrome:

The Times (UK): "After eight years in a cellar, Natascha avoids her parents" August 28, 2006
The New York Times (USA): "Austrian Girl's Lawyer "Devastated" by Cell" September 1, 2006
The Cape Times (South Africa): "Mother distraught as teenager held for eight years refuses to see her" August 28, 2006
The Clica Brasilia (Brasil): "Austríaca diz ter se recusado a chamar seqüestrador de mestre" August 28, 2006
The Mainichi Interactive (Japan): "Police find young woman allegedly held prisoner for more than 8 years" August 24, 2006
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): "Suspected kidnapper kills himself" August 24, 2006
Thet New Zealand Herald (New Zealand): "Captors colleague says he met 'happy' Australian girl" August 31, 2006

Sadly there appears to be a considerable similarity between parental alienation and the Stockholm Syndrome. The alienator in the case of the Stockholm Syndrome also needs to extinguish any desire in the victim’s past, seeking to demonstrate any allegiance to anyone other than the powerful captor of that individual.

My latest article deals with these issues and is now available on my website: www.parental-alienation.info. Please select article number 46: "The comparison of parental alienation to the 'Stockholm syndrome'”

My very best wishes to you now and in the future.

Dr. Ludwig Lowenstein

Dr. Ludwig Lowenstein

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