Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial option for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical needs which might need to be overseen by doctors. Individuals who partake in this particular program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Very often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however this isn't the answer needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be handled.