Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for substance abuse, which give an exclusive and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical needs which might need to be overseen by experts. Those who partake in such a program can benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their drug abuse. Frequently those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they not find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. For example, even subtle environmental adjustments to 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 in the hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be handled.