Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for drug abuse, which provide a private and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial choice for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by doctors. People who partake in such a program can benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Frequently people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to efficiently responding to their problem. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, however this isn't the solution needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be handled.