Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for drug abuse, which offer a private and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, or someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by doctors. Individuals who partake in that program can benefit from mental health services as well as addressing issues who have prompted their drug abuse. Often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of efficiently responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead create methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. For example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and put 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 problems so they can be handled.