Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial option for somebody that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by medical experts. Those who partake in that program can usually benefit from mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to effectively addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead create solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the solution needed in all cases. For example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be handled.