Why isn’t YoDAA called Youth Dual Diagnosis Advice? At YoDAA we are often asked about our name and why we seem to have such a drug and alcohol focus when we should be focused on drugs and mental health more broadly.

Although people come to YoDAA with drug and alcohol issues at the forefront of their concern, we hope our info and advice encourages people to adopt a holistic view of Youth AOD issues and especially explore the relationship between AOD use and mental health. Read more about this here.

In addition, we have added a specific Youth Dual Diagnosis resource page to YoDAA (workers). The resources and links are those recommended by the BUDDYS network, a partner of YoDAA. We will continue to add more resources over time. Check out the BUDDYS resource page here.