Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation centers for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for those 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 requirements which should be overseen by medical experts. Individuals who partake in such a program may benefit from mental health services as well as dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Very often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehab counselors in the hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead develop methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the answer needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and place a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.