Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for drug abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, or for someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by experts. People who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Usually people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently responding to their problem. Professional rehab counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, however isn't the answer needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can alleviate stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such issues so they can be handled.