Depressive disorders caused by neurosis are, on average, two to three times more frequent in women.

At the heart of that problem, say Obama advisors, is the growing neurosis of the Pakistani regime.

Misery and magnificence, seduction and neurosis create and recreate the dynamic, unmistakable spectrum of New York life.

Has it ever occurred to the public, dazzled by the honcho s perfumed respectability, that it is heeding the counsel of psychotics whose message is an index of their secret dysfunction, or neurosis?

My guess is that there's nothing quite that specific in our evolutionary past. But rather, if you're looking for an evolutionary explanation, you might say that most organisms are neo phobic that is, they're a little scared of stuff that's new and different.