Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for drug abuse, which give a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical professionals. Those who partake in such a program may benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they not find the need to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however isn't the solution needed in every case. By way of example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and put a fresh 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 resolved.