# Addiction psychiatry Keywords: - [addiction psychiatry](< /en/search?q=addiction psychiatry >) Addiction psychiatry is a discipline where we treat patients with an addiction disease who also have a mental health condition. On the Addiction Psychiatry Ward, we conduct psychiatric and substance abuse assessments requiring special expertise and perform demanding differential diagnostic evaluations when you are suspected of having a serious psychiatric disorder alongside an addiction disease. We also conduct demanding assessments of the need for opioid substitution treatment, psychiatric examinations during pregnancy and rehabilitation treatments requiring special expertise, assessments of the need for support during pregnancy and for opioid substitution treatment, and also demanding neuropsychiatric examinations and demanding work ability assessments when you have a severe substance dependence. In addition to performing examinations and evaluations, on the HUS Addiction Psychiatry Ward we also treat opioid addiction if your condition requires specialist medical care expertise. We provide care that is compliant with the Current Care guidelines for intoxicant addiction and any other disorders you may have. Our treatment range includes biological and psychosocial treatments based on up-to-date evidence. We also engage in scientific research. Likelihood to recommend (NPS) ## Psychiatry Feedback (pcs) 4383 Situation 2.5.2026 -100 60 100 i What is NPS? ## [ Mental Health Hub (opens in new window, links to another website) ](https://www.mielenterveystalo.fi/) Terveyskylä.fi For more information on psychiatric disorders and their treatments, please visit the Mental Health Hub. Health Village ( Terveyskylä) is an online service for specialist medical care. Go to the Mental Health Hub front page  ## Units related to the service ### [ Addiction Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Pasila ](/en/patient/hospitals-and-other-units/addiction-psychiatry-outpatient-clinic-pasila) The Addiction Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic is an outpatient unit for addiction psychiatry, where we conduct psychiatric and substance abuse assessments… ### [ Addiction Psychiatry Ward P6, Psychiatry Center ](/en/patient/hospitals-and-other-units/psychiatry-center/addiction-psychiatry-ward-p6-psychiatry-center) On the Addiction Psychiatry Ward, we conduct psychiatric and substance abuse assessments requiring special expertise and perform demanding differential… ### [ Substitution Therapy Outpatient Clinic, Psychiatry Center ](/en/patient/hospitals-and-other-units/psychiatry-center/substitution-therapy-outpatient-clinic) The Substitution Therapy Outpatient Clinic of the Psychiatry Center is an outpatient unit of HUS's Addiction Psychiatry, where we treat patients whose… ## Specialists ### [ Katja Tenhovirta ](/en/person/katja-tenhovirta) Nurse Director, Centralized Services Psychiatry Updated: 11.11.2025 Print this page