Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for substance abuse, that provide an exclusive and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by medical experts. Individuals who partake in this particular program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this manner, and instead create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however isn't the answer needed in all cases. For instance, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can alleviate stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling inside a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be handled.