Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for drug abuse, which provide a private and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial alternative for somebody who has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical professionals. Individuals who partake in that program can benefit from mental health services while dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional treatment counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.