Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation centers for substance abuse, which provide a private and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by doctors. People who partake in this particular program can be helped by mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Very often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead create solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however, this isn't the answer needed in all cases. By way of example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.