Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for substance abuse, which give an exclusive and clinical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by doctors. Individuals who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services as well as dealing with issues which may have prompted their drug use. Very often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs in this way, and instead create solutions to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however this isn't the answer needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and place a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy inside a hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be handled.