Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, which offer a private and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services while also addressing issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate rather than efficiently responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however isn't the answer needed in all cases. For example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and place a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be resolved.