[How to understand the wokeness-paradox of multiple stigma in persons with mental vulnerabilities?]

Background  Prejudice, stigma and discrimination against people with mental health problems are largely responsible for their limited social participation. Joining the globalised wokeness movement could reduce the tendency of social injustice. Aim  To explore the reasons why people with mental health problems experience difficulties to integrate into the wokeness debate and to suggest possible solutions. Results  Intersectionality, persons with mental health problems often being part of different vulnerable minority groups, stress and public stigma, are the main reasons of the limited level of advocacy for this target group. Conclusion  The struggle against social injustice that mental vulnerable persons are victims of, remains unequal even in times of wokeness. A strategic, non-patronising cooperation between psychiatrists, patients, family members and interest groups in the media and in the public and political forum, could make it possible to join the international wokeness movement.