Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical experts. Folks who partake in that program can benefit from mental health services whilst addressing issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Usually those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional treatment counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however, this isn't the answer needed in every case. For instance, even slight environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.