Hospital inpatient programs are treatment facilities for drug abuse, which give an exclusive and medical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial option for someone that has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical professionals. People who partake in this program can be helped by mental health services while also addressing issues which may have prompted their drug use. Frequently people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehab counselors in the hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so that they no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead develop ways to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Prescription medication is often used to achieve this, but this isn't the answer needed in all cases. By way of example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can decrease stress and place a new perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.