You read a story about a couple who was arrested because they abducted their children from their previous marriages.They shared the theory that government agencies and others were plotting to sell children to childless parents.Which disorder best characterizes what these two people had?

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Folie à deux, also known as shared psychotic disorder, is a rare disorder in which an individual develops delusions as a result of a close relationship with someone who already has a psychotic disorder. In this case, the couple seem to have shared in the delusion that government agencies and others were plotting to sell children to childless parents, leading them to abduct their own children.

You Read a Story About a Couple Who Was Arrested