In My Kete

This feature includes book reviews done by MHF staff, mental health professionals, teachers, parents, counsellors and individuals.

Out of the woods: A journey through depression and anxiety

Book Reviews, 17 Apr 19

Graphic novel about the author’s journey out of depression and anxiety

Headlands: New stories of anxiety

Book Reviews, 20 Mar 19

A collection of stories by New Zealanders with experience of anxiety

Keeping it real: Love your body, love your life

Book Reviews, 11 Jul 18

This positive and inspirational book will make a great travelling companion

Bi-polar expedition: An unlikely lifetime journey

Book Reviews, 6 Sep 17

A memoir about a mental health journey and about family

What Abi taught us

Book Reviews, 5 Jul 17

A mother's struggle to come to terms with her daughter's death

The special patient

Book Reviews, 24 May 17

A story of a long and painful journey through the forensic psychiatric system, back into the community

Towards my Inner Han-gu-ghin: Mental health and recovery

Book Reviews, 26 Apr 17

Booklet addressing mental health issues with cultural sensitivity, written in Korean

Black Sails White Rabbits: Cancer was the easy part

Book Reviews, 8 Mar 17

A mental health memoir by Olympian and America’s Cup sailor K. Hall

Down on the farm: Mental health and rural families in the South

Book Reviews, 2 Nov 16

Newspaper supplement that discusses rural mental health from the point of view of farming families, professionals and community

Which Way is Starboard Again?

Book Reviews, 6 Jul 16

Overcoming Fears & Facing Challenges Sailing the South Pacific

Stepping out of the Shadows: Insights into self-stigma and madness

Book Reviews, 1 Jun 16

Collection of essays, articles and personal stories about self-stigma associated with mental illness

Always looking up: The adventures of an incurable optimist

Book Reviews, 4 May 16

Biographical book by movie star MJ Fox about his experience with Parkinson’s

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