Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which offer a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or for someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by doctors. Individuals who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Usually those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the answer needed in every case. By way of example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and put a new perspective on things so that 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.