Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for substance abuse, which offer a private and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by experts. Those who partake in this program can usually benefit from mental health services while dealing with issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Usually individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this manner, and instead develop methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be handled.