Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for drug abuse, which give an exclusive and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by medical experts. Those who partake in such a program can usually benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs in this manner, and instead develop methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be resolved.