The same thing is discovered to be true of neurotics, people who have failed in adjusting themselves to civilized life, and have gone back, in some or all of their mental traits, to infantile states.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
It is, therefore, almost exclusively seen in hysterics, neurotics and other types of psychopaths, in the frankly insane, and in grave delinquents.
"Studies in Forensic Psychiatry"
Bernard Glueck
The progressives, Taft asserted, were "political emotionalists" and "neurotics"; Roosevelt, he complained, had promised not to accept another nomination, had broken his agreement, and had not given a fair account of the policies which the administration had been following.
"The United States Since The Civil War"
Charles Ramsdell Lingley