Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation centers for substance abuse, which give a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial selection for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services while also addressing issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehab counselors inside a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they not find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, however this isn't the answer needed in all cases. For instance, even slight environmental modifications 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 within a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be resolved.