Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or for someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by experts. Folks who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues who have prompted their drug abuse. Often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than effectively responding to their problem. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead develop methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however, this isn't the answer needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve 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 expose such issues so they can be resolved.