Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by experts. People who partake in this program can benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Very often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than efficiently addressing their problem. Professional treatment counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop solutions to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be resolved.