Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which provide a private and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by medical experts. Those who partake in this particular program can be helped by mental health services while dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently responding to their problem. Professional rehab counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. For instance, even slight environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and place a whole new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be handled.