Preferred Label : pleasure-pain principle;
MeSH definition : The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort
and strives for gratification and pleasure.;
MeSH synonym : pleasure-pain principles; principle, pleasure-pain; principles, pleasure-pain; pleasure pain principle;
MeSH annotation : no qualif;
Origin ID : D010990;
UMLS CUI : C0032217;
Record concept(s)
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- Semantic type(s)
The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort
and strives for gratification and pleasure.
