What is California Miramar University??? Never heard of it before.
My Ph.D. dissertation is available from the Library of Congress and
UMI. Go here
www.loc.gov and search for it (if you can manage it). It
is titled "Time Asymmetry Revisited" by Sam Vaknin.
Just to set the record straight:
My books are based on the latest research in the field and on
scholarly
works by the leading experts on personality disorders. Many of the
chapters
contain detailed bibliographies.
My book - Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited (now in its
eighth,
revised, impression) and the content of my Web site:
http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com
are based on correspondence since 1996 with hundreds of people
suffering
from the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (narcissists)and with
thousands
of their family members, friends, therapists, and colleagues.
I, myself, have been diagnosed with the disorder (twice) and spent
time in
therapy and almost a decade discussing it in depth (mainly through
correspondence) with mental health professionals the world over.
My online mailing lists alone sport well over 26,000 members - of
which 1000
are therapists, social workers, psychiatrists and psychologists - for
example he
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticabuse/
Everything I write is backed by extensive bibliographies. You can
download
some of them he
http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/NPDBibliography.zip
That NPD is incurable is the view of virtually all major scholars in
the
field - not only mine.
My Web site contains over 1100 pages of content - a total of 15,000
print
pages, full text online, at no charge.
Out of 30 books I wrote, I offer 24 here for download at no charge
(hardly a
commercial practice):
http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html
I never claimed to be a mental health professional. The disclaimer on
my Web
site is unequivocal:
http://samvak.tripod.com/disclaimer.html
But I am certified by Brainbench in Counselling Techniques (with a
very high
mark):
http://samvak.tripod.com/certifications.zip
Brainbench are an online certification agency. Anyone and everyone can
access their Web site and take their tests. BUT, the tests are very
difficult, time limited, and you still have to PASS the tests to get a
certificate! And they have a very impressive roster of clients:
http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/bus...us/aboutus.xml
"By partnering with Brainbench, 6 million members have advanced their
skills
and their careers, and over 4,000 businesses have found better ways to
screen and select candidates, track and develop employee skills, and
differentiate employees to current and prospective clients.
Corporate clients include numerous members of the Fortune 500, various
U.S.
Government agencies, and several universities and colleges.
Brainbench is ISO 9001:2000 certified! We are the first online testing
company to obtain this accomplishment for its test development
process."
As I said, I am the author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism
Revisited".
The media and many mental health professionals seem to think that my
work
makes me an authority on narcissism.
See this random selection I Googled:
What mental health professionals say about my work:
http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/thebook.html
Sunday Times
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/l...cle2439812.ece
Channel 4 (UK) Documentary Egomania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egomani...TV_Documentary)
http://www.channel4.com/health/micro...wwr_manic.html
WebMD
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/71/81306.htm
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/te...gy/29NECO.html
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...110902106.html
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition...trip30.art.htm
New York Post
http://www.nypress.com/16/7/news&columns/feature.cfm
"Sam Vaknin is the world's leading expert on narcissism."
Tim Hall, New York Press, Volume 16, Issue 7 - February 12, 2003
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing...s/s1158704.htm
"Vaknin's a respected expert on malignant narcissists ... He set about
to
know everything there is about the psychopathic narcissist."
Ian Walker, ABC Radio National Background Briefing, July 18, 2004
The Infinite Mind radio program
http://www.lcmedia.com/mind333.htm
United Press International (UPI)
http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/co...arcissism.html
Cal Thomas column
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/c...20050615.shtml
Toronto Sun
CanWest News service and Newspapers Network
You can find the full texts of these articles he
http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/NPDBibliography.zip
Santa Cruz Sentinel
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arc...es/06style.htm
Sam