ABSTRACT
This research aimed to give visibility to the Adult Reception Units (UAA), in order to provide greater quality and context to the production of knowledge about them. This study was carried out from an exploratory case study on a UAA, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a transitional residential health service for users of alcohol and/or other drugs. Participatory observation techniques, documentary surveys, and open interviews with users and professionals were used for data collection. A description of the structure of this service, its operation and the relationship with other services, and the territory in which it is inserted are presented. Based on the results, it can be said that Adult Reception Units are a territorial-based service that follows the logic of psychosocial care, considering the subjectivity and context of each user, affirming itself as a care modality that is opposed to the logic of confinement and prohibition of ‘therapeutic communities’. It was also observed that the UAA allows changes in the forms of relationship between the community and users of psychoactive substances.
KEYWORDS:
Mental health; Harm reduction; Public health services; Sociocultural territory