Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which give an exclusive and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or for someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by experts. People who partake in such a program may benefit from mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Usually individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in the hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create solutions to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however this isn't the solution needed in every case. For instance, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can alleviate 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 will help reveal such problems so they can be handled.