Pleasure-Pain Principle

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

Year introduced: 1973(1964)

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Tree Number(s): F02.739.794.746

MeSH Unique ID: D010990

Entry Terms:

• Pleasure Pain Principle
• Pleasure-Pain Principles
• Principle, Pleasure-Pain
• Principles, Pleasure-Pain

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Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Psychological Phenomena
Psychological Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Pleasure-Pain Principle