Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for drug abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial selection for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and for someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in this particular program can be helped by mental health services while addressing issues who have prompted their drug use. Often people who have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors within a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead create solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to accomplish this, however this isn't the solution needed in all cases. By way of example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and put a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be handled.