Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, which provide a private and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by doctors. People who partake in such a program can usually benefit from mental health services while also addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however isn't the answer needed in all cases. For instance, even slight environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling inside a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.