Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial choice for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by experts. Folks who partake in such a program may benefit from mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of effectively addressing their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the answer needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place 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.