Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for drug abuse, which offer a private and medical setting for folks in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical experts. Those who partake in that program may benefit from mental health services while addressing issues who have prompted their drug use. Often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in 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 create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the answer needed in every case. As an example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and put a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.