Hospital inpatient programs are rehab centers for substance abuse, that provide a private 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 needs which ought to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in such a program may benefit from mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Very often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they not find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the answer needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.