Pleasure-Pain Principle
"Pleasure-Pain Principle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.
| Descriptor ID |
D010990
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.739.794.746
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| Concept/Terms |
Pleasure-Pain Principle- Pleasure-Pain Principle
- Pleasure Pain Principle
- Pleasure-Pain Principles
- Principle, Pleasure-Pain
- Principles, Pleasure-Pain
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