Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for drug abuse, which give an exclusive and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by doctors. Individuals who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services as well as addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Frequently people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however this isn't the solution needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be resolved.