Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for substance abuse, that provide a private and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by experts. People who partake in that program can usually benefit from mental health services whilst dealing with issues which may have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually people who have 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 things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead create solutions to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in every case. For instance, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.