Hospital inpatient programs are rehab programs for substance abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by medical professionals. Those who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their problem. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs in this manner, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. By way of example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and put a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy inside a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.