Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for substance abuse, which provide a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial option for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical professionals. People who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead develop solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to do this, however this isn't the solution needed in every case. As an example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be handled.