Hospital inpatient programs are rehab centers for drug abuse, which provide a private and medical setting for those in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by doctors. People who partake in this program can benefit from mental health services while addressing issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Often individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so that they no longer find the necessity to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however, this isn't the solution needed in all cases. By way of example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a whole new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be resolved.