Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, which give a private and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial selection for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by medical professionals. People who partake in such a program can usually benefit from mental health services as well as addressing issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Very often people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of effectively addressing their disorder. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, however this isn't the solution needed in every case. For instance, even subtle environmental adjustments to one's life can relieve stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be handled.