Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, that provide an exclusive and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead develop methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in every case. For example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can relieve stress and place a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.