Hospital inpatient programs are rehab centers for substance abuse, which give a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by experts. Those who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their drug abuse. Very often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they not find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however isn't the answer needed in all cases. By way of example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and put a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.