Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation centers for drug abuse, that provide an exclusive and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by medical professionals. Those who partake in this particular program can usually benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they not find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be handled.