Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, which offer a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial choice for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical experts. Individuals who partake in this particular program may benefit from mental health services while also addressing issues which may have prompted their abusing drugs. Very often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this manner, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, however this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can alleviate stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.