Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial choice for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services while dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Frequently people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate rather than effectively responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so that they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, however isn't the solution needed in all cases. For example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can alleviate stress and put a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be handled.