Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for substance abuse, which offer a private and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by experts. Those who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Frequently individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs in this manner, and instead create methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the answer needed in every case. For instance, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be handled.