Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial option for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical professionals. Folks who partake in this program can usually benefit from mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional treatment 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 create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however this isn't the solution needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and place a whole new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be handled.