Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for substance abuse, that provide a private and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by doctors. Individuals who partake in such a program can benefit from mental health services while also addressing issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, but this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place a fresh perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.