Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which offer a private and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial option for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by experts. People who partake in this particular program can benefit from mental health services while also addressing issues which may have prompted their drug use. Often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than efficiently responding to their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in the hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, however 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. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be handled.