Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for substance abuse, which give an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by medical professionals. Individuals who partake in that program can benefit from mental health services as well as addressing issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Usually individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently responding to their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the answer needed in all cases. For example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.