Evidence-Based Assessment of Risk for Addiction From an Adlerian Perspective

The authors highlight research over the past three decades to develop and validate empirical support for the FACE screening. The FACE screening tool pinpoints those at risk for substance-use disorder, moving a person from Adler’s felt minus to felt plus. FACE assesses family history of addictions, past abuse of substances, and/or behaviors that move an individual to a felt plus, cravings for a substance, and/or behavior once the feeling of superiority is established by its use, and negative emotions and content found in early recollections.