Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for substance abuse, that provide an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial alternative for somebody that has a co-occurring mental health issue, or for someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by experts. Those who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services as well as addressing issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Usually individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehab counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they will 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 answer needed in every case. For instance, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can decrease 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 will help expose such problems so they can be handled.