Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation centers for drug abuse, which offer an exclusive and clinical setting for folks in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial alternative for somebody who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by experts. People who partake in this particular program can usually benefit from mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their drug use. Often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they not find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this manner, and instead create solutions 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 instance, even slight environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be handled.