Hospital inpatient programs are rehab centers for substance abuse, which offer a private and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial selection for somebody who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by experts. Those who partake in this program can usually benefit from mental health services whilst dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Very often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead develop solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the solution needed in every case. For instance, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be handled.