Editing Nils Bejerot (section)

{{Short description|Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist (1921–1988)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Nils Bejerot
| image              = Nils Bejerot-1968.jpg
| caption            = Nils Bejerot in 1968
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1921|09|21|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Norrtälje]], Sweden
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1988|11|29|1921|09|21|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
| occupation         = Psychiatrist<br>
Criminologist
}}

'''Nils Johan Artur Bejerot''' (21 September 1921 – 29 November 1988) was a Swedish [[psychiatry|psychiatrist]] and [[criminology|criminologist]] best known for his work on [[drug abuse]] and for coining the phrase ''[[Stockholm syndrome]]''.<ref name=Bejerot1974>{{cite journal |vauthors=Bejerot N |title=The six day war in Stockholm |journal=New Scientist |year=1974 |volume=61 |issue=886 |pages=486–487 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGQBmUNfJ3IC&pg=PA486 }}</ref> Bejerot was one of the top drug abuse researchers in Sweden. His view that drug abuse was a criminal matter and that drug use should have severe penalties was highly influential in Sweden and in other countries. He believed that the cure for drug addiction was to make drugs unavailable and socially unacceptable. He also advocated the idea that drug abuse could transition from being a symptom to a disease in itself.