{"id":24514,"date":"2026-01-29T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24514"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:12:43","slug":"psychology-alumna-ashwak-alshami-to-discuss-mental-health-in-the-muslim-american-community-jan-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/01\/29\/psychology-alumna-ashwak-alshami-to-discuss-mental-health-in-the-muslim-american-community-jan-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology alumna Ashwak Alshami to discuss mental health in the Muslim American community, Jan. 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Ashwak-headshot.jpg?resize=300%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Headshot of Ashwak Alshammi\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Ashwak-headshot.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Ashwak-headshot.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Ashwak-headshot.jpg?w=494&amp;ssl=1 494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The UDM <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> Shifa Institute<\/span> will host a talk featuring Clinical Psychology alumna Ashwak Alshami, who will discuss mental health in the Muslim American community.<\/p>\n<p>This event will take place on <strong>Friday, Jan. 30, at 2:30 p.m.,<\/strong> in the Lower Level of the Student Union. A destresser will follow the discussion. All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>This is an opportunity to hear from a Detroit Mercy alum conducting meaningful work in the field of psychology.<\/p>\n<p>For questions, please contact Lee Eshelman at <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"mailto:eshelmlr@udmercy.edu\">eshelmlr@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UDM Psychology Department will host a talk with Clinical Psychology alumna Ashwak Alshami on mental health in the Muslim American community. The event takes place Friday, Jan. 30, at 2:30 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Student Union, followed by a destresser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":24517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[7261,6164,6165,573,7262,7263,6561,7264],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Ashwak-headshot.jpg?fit=494%2C491&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6no","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24514"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24612,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24514\/revisions\/24612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}