Finding God and Leaving Psychiatry: An Interview With Kelsey Osgood

Kelsey Osgood is the author of How to Disappear Completely: on Modern Anorexia , which was chosen for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great Writers New Program. Her work has appeared online and in print at The Atlantic, The New York Times, Harper's and The New Yorker, among other outlets. In this interview we talk about Kelsey's new book Godstruck: Seven Women's Unexpected Journeys to Religious Conversion and her experiences with anorexia and psychiatric drugs. *** Thank you for being with us to listen to the podcast and read our articles this year. MIA is funded entirely by reader donations. If you value MIA, please help us continue to survive and grow. To find the Mad in America podcast on your preferred podcast player, click here: © Mad in America 2026. Produced by James Moore

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Finding God and Leaving Psychiatry: An Interview With Kelsey Osgood is an episode from Mad in America: science, psychiatry and social justice by Mad in America.

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This episode was published on Apr 22, 2026.

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