Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by doctors. Folks who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services as well as addressing issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Frequently those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of effectively addressing their problem. Professional treatment counselors inside a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs 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 solution needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can alleviate stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Therapy in the hospital inpatient program will help expose such problems so they can be resolved.