Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for drug abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial alternative for somebody who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by medical experts. Individuals who partake in this program can benefit from mental health services while also dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Usually those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently addressing their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn the tide so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs like this, and instead create ways to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do this, however isn't the solution needed in all cases. For example, even slight environmental modifications in one's life can decrease stress and put a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be handled.