Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for drug abuse, which provide an exclusive and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by medical professionals. Those who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug use. Very often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively addressing their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can alleviate stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.