Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by medical experts. Those who partake in that program can usually benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their problem. Professional rehab counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. By way of example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can relieve stress and place a whole new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be handled.