Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for drug abuse, which offer an exclusive and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by doctors. People who partake in this particular program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their abusing drugs. Often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however this isn't the solution needed in all cases. For example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be resolved.