Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation centers for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical professionals. Those who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services while also addressing issues which may have prompted their drug abuse. Very often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate rather than efficiently responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. As an example, even slight environmental adjustments to one's life can alleviate stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.