Hospital inpatient programs are rehab facilities for substance abuse, which provide an exclusive and medical setting for individuals in recovery. A hospital inpatient program might be a beneficial choice for someone who has a co-occurring mental health issue, or for someone with other medical requirements which should be overseen by medical experts. Folks who partake in such a program can be helped by mental health services while addressing 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 opposed to effectively responding to their disorder. Professional rehabilitation counselors within a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol in this way, and instead develop ways 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. As an example, even subtle 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 drugs or alcohol. Therapy in a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such issues so they can be handled.