Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for drug abuse, which give a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by doctors. Those who partake in this program can benefit from mental health services as well as dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Frequently those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to do this, however this isn't the answer needed in all cases. 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 in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.