Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for drug abuse, which provide a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial option for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which ought to be overseen by experts. People who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services whilst dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug use. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than effectively addressing their problem. Professional rehab counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide 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 disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, but this isn't the answer needed in every case. For example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be handled.