Hospital inpatient programs are rehab centers for substance abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which ought to be overseen by doctors. People who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however isn't the solution needed in every case. As an example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and put a fresh perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be handled.