Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for substance abuse, that provide an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial choice for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which ought to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in that program can benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Usually those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors inside a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead develop ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.