Currently the major day treatment services for people with problems related alcohol and other drugs are in accordance with the principles of the Brazilian Health System and guided by recent mental health politics. Aimed to know the interventions provided by documents, to observe these interventions in practical context of a these services and to problematize possible weaknesses. The parameters of analyze were the National Policies of Drugs, the Health Ministry's Policy to Integral Attention of the Alcohol and Drugs Users and the recommendation of the WHO to prevent of drugs abuse. The methodological techniques were the documentary analysis and participant-observation. Were seen important advances like: recommendation to intersectoral actions, integrality and actions focused in social context. About the fragilities were highlighted some difficulty in the consolidation of the some actions, as: active search, leisure activity, work and harm reduction.
Mental health; Substance related-disorders; Health policy; Deinstitutionalization; Nursing
