Nicholas Kardaras

Clinicians & Public Health · Omega Recovery

Addiction psychologist whose "Glow Kids" warned parents about compulsive screen use in children.

Nicholas Kardaras is an addiction psychologist and founder of the treatment center Omega Recovery. His book "Glow Kids" (2016) argues that children's heavy use of screens and games can develop into a compulsive, addiction-like pattern, drawing on his clinical experience treating young people. Kardaras writes from within the addiction-treatment field's own characterization of severe screen and gaming use, and his book helped popularize concern about tech-related compulsive behavior in children well before it became a mainstream topic of conversation.