Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for drug abuse, which provide a private and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial option for somebody who has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical needs which ought to be overseen by doctors. Those who partake in this program can usually benefit from mental health services while dealing with issues who have prompted their drug use. Usually individuals with a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop solutions to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. For example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy within a hospital inpatient program can help expose such problems so they can be handled.