Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which might need to be overseen by experts. Individuals who partake in such a program can benefit from mental health services as well as addressing issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to effectively addressing their disorder. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so that they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however this isn't the answer needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can alleviate stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.