Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which provide a private and clinical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or for someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by medical experts. Individuals who partake in this particular program can usually benefit from mental health services whilst dealing with issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Very often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to effectively responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead develop solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however, this isn't the solution needed in every case. As an example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can relieve stress and place a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.