Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical professionals. Individuals who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services while also addressing issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of efficiently responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication 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 alleviate stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.