Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for drug abuse, which offer an exclusive and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial selection for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in that program may benefit from mental health services while dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate rather than efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead create ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the solution needed in every case. By way of example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a fresh perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be handled.