Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for drug abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical experts. Individuals who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services whilst dealing with issues which may have prompted their abusing drugs. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program will 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 ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. For instance, even slight environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.