Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation facilities for substance abuse, that provide a private and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program can be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical requirements which may need to be overseen by experts. Those who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services while also addressing issues who have prompted their substance abuse. Often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate rather than efficiently responding to their disorder. Professional treatment counselors in the hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this manner, and instead develop ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medicine is often used to achieve this, however isn't the answer needed in every case. For example, even slight environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a whole new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be resolved.