Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for drug abuse, which give a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by medical professionals. Those who partake in such a program can benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Very often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate rather than efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead create solutions to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. For instance, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be resolved.