Psychiatry and Psychology

Pleasure-Pain Principle

The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.

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Abstract

The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.

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4 entry terms
  • Pleasure Pain Principle
  • Pleasure-Pain Principles
  • Principle, Pleasure-Pain
  • Principles, Pleasure-Pain

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  1. F02w.739.794w.746w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pleasure-Pain Principle. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010990. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010990
  2. Pleasure-Pain Principle. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_principle_(psychology)
  3. Pleasure-Pain Principle. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756222