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Pleasure-Pain Principle
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MeSH Heading
Pleasure-Pain Principle
Tree Number(s)
F02.739.794.746
Unique ID
D010990
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010990
Scope Note
The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.
Public MeSH Note
73
History Note
73(64)
Date Established
1973/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1991/06/11
No Qualifiers
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Psychological Theory [F02.739]
Psychoanalytic Theory [F02.739.794]
Ego [F02.739.794.206]
Extraversion, Psychological [F02.739.794.253]
Freudian Theory [F02.739.794.297]
Id [F02.739.794.371]
Inhibition, Psychological [F02.739.794.405]
Introversion, Psychological [F02.739.794.438]
Jungian Theory [F02.739.794.471]
Libido [F02.739.794.511]
Narcissism [F02.739.794.582]
Object Attachment [F02.739.794.624]
Oedipus Complex [F02.739.794.653]
Pleasure-Pain Principle [F02.739.794.746]
Psychosexual Development [F02.739.794.793]
Self Psychology [F02.739.794.837]
Superego [F02.739.794.881]
Unconscious, Psychology [F02.739.794.942]
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Pleasure-Pain Principle
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Concept UI
M0017036
Scope Note
The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.
Terms
Pleasure-Pain Principle
Preferred Term
Term UI
T032354
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1964)
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