Hospital inpatient programs are rehab centers for substance abuse, which give an exclusive and medical 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 needs which should be overseen by medical experts. Folks who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their drug use. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this manner, and instead create methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. By way of example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and put a fresh perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be resolved.