Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, that provide an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical experts. Those who partake in this program can benefit from mental health services while dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to effectively addressing their problem. Professional rehab counselors inside a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop solutions to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. For example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and put a whole new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be handled.