Hospital inpatient programs are rehabilitation programs for substance abuse, which give an exclusive and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, and for someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by medical experts. Individuals who partake in this program can usually benefit from mental health services while also addressing issues who have prompted their drug abuse. Usually people with a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as opposed to efficiently addressing their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program will help individuals turn things around so that they will no longer find the need to use drugs and alcohol like this, and instead create methods to make their mental health issue more manageable. Medication is often used to achieve this, however isn't the answer needed in every case. By way of example, even subtle environmental changes in one's life can relieve stress and place a fresh perspective on things so that the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling in the hospital inpatient program can help expose such issues so they can be resolved.