Hospital inpatient programs are treatment programs for drug abuse, that provide an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical requirements which might need to be overseen by doctors. Individuals who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Usually individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than effectively responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol this way, 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. For instance, even subtle environmental adjustments to 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 in a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be resolved.