Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services whilst dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of efficiently responding to their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in every case. As an example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can alleviate stress and put a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.