Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for substance abuse, that provide a private and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial option for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical professionals. Individuals who partake in this particular program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Very often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to effectively addressing their problem. Professional treatment counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they not find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead develop methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. For example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can relieve stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.