The post-Communist societies distinguish themselves by a high level of mental health stigma. Movements of mental health service users are weak and very often more oriented towards the provision of services and support for their members. They often lack capacity and resources to become actual shapers of the mental health policy, initiators and active participants of public discourse.The paper presents the underlying situation of mental health care in the region, identifies and discusses peculiarities of local mental health anti-stigma campaigns and presents findings of the qualitative experts' research. The research covers eight post-Communist countries (