Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for drug abuse, which give a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for somebody that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which might need to be overseen by experts. Folks who partake in this particular program can usually benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Frequently those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however isn't the solution needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be handled.