Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for drug abuse, that provide an exclusive and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by experts. Individuals who partake in such a program can benefit from mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate rather than effectively responding to their problem. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead develop methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. For instance, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can relieve stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.