Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial selection for somebody that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and 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 as well as addressing issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Usually people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to efficiently responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and put a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.