Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for substance abuse, which give a private and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by experts. Those who partake in that program may benefit from mental health services while also addressing issues which may have prompted their abusing drugs. Often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to effectively addressing their problem. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, but this isn't the solution needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.