Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for folks in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical needs which might need to be overseen by medical professionals. Individuals who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services while dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Very often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. By way of example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.