Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, which offer a private and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by experts. Those who partake in such a program may benefit from mental health services as well as addressing issues which may have prompted their abusing drugs. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate rather than efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so that they no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the answer needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and put a whole new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be handled.