Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for drug abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical needs which might need to be overseen by medical professionals. Individuals who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Usually people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors inside a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to accomplish this, however isn't the answer needed in all cases. For example, even slight environmental modifications 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 a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be resolved.