Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for substance abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by experts. Folks who partake in this program may benefit from mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Usually people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the solution needed in every case. As an example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy inside a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.