Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for drug abuse, which provide a private and clinical setting for folks in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial choice for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical professionals. Those who partake in this program can usually benefit from mental health services while also addressing issues which may have prompted their drug use. Frequently people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to effectively responding to their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can relieve stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.