Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for drug abuse, that provide a private and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial alternative for somebody that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which might need to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than effectively addressing their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they not find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to do this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy inside a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be handled.