"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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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleasure-Pain Principle" by people in Profiles.
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What does it mean for a critically ill patient to fare well? Intensive Care Med. 2017 10; 43(10):1518-1519.
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Affective valence and arousal in ADHD and normal boys during a startle habituation experiment. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Dec; 36(12):1698-705.