New Resource to Help Veterans Get Started with CPAP for Sleep Apnea Awareness Day

A Good Fit: Making CPAP Work for You 

For Sleep Apnea Awareness Day, we have a new user-friendly guide to help Veterans get started and relaxed with using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask for obstructive sleep apnea. The guide:

• Defines obstructive sleep apnea and how it is diagnosed and treated.
• Gives tips for troubleshooting equipment-related problems with a CPAP therapist.
• Helps Veterans identify helpful and unhelpful thoughts about CPAP to improve their experience.
• Includes relaxation exercises that can be used when wearing a CPAP mask and tips for healthy sleep.
• Published 2022

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The mission of the South Central MIRECC is to promote equity in engagement, access, and quality of mental health care for Veterans facing barriers to care, especially rural Veterans. The South Central MIRECC strives to promote and celebrate a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion among our staff, across our sites, and in the work we do to improve mental health care for rural and other underserved Veterans. New and featured clinical education product updates are produced by the SC MIRECC Education Core. Email us at VISN16SCMIRECCEducation@va.gov. Visit us at https://www.mirecc.va.gov/VISN16/index.asp.