Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for drug abuse, that provide a private and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by experts. Individuals who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services as well as addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they not find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to do this, however, this isn't the answer needed in all cases. 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 drugs or alcohol. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be handled.