Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, that provide a private and clinical setting for folks in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or for someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by medical professionals. Individuals who partake in that program can benefit from mental health services while addressing issues who have prompted their drug use. Very often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can relieve stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be resolved.