Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Very often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to effectively addressing their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead develop methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. By way of example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such issues so they can be resolved.