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).
Paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome is a rare disorder that affects the nervous system in some individuals with cancer, especially individuals with cancer of the lungs or breast. The disorder is characterized by stiffness and rigidity, along with painful spasms.