Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for substance abuse, which offer an exclusive and medical setting for folks in recovery. A hospital inpatient program is often a beneficial alternative for someone that has a co-occurring mental health issue, and someone with other medical needs which should be overseen by experts. People who partake in that program can be helped by mental health services while also dealing with issues who have prompted their abusing drugs. Very often those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use alcohol or drugs to self medicate instead of effectively responding to their problem. Professional treatment counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they not find the necessity to use drugs and alcohol this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to do 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 fresh perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse drugs or alcohol. Counselling in a hospital inpatient program can help reveal such problems so they can be handled.