Background
Dr. Charles Norris brings over 50 years of psychiatric experience — including specific work in addiction psychiatry — to RECO Island's medical detox program. His career has spanned the entire modern history of addiction psychiatry as a clinical specialty, and his pattern recognition for what works (and what doesn't) at the detox level is informed by decades of accumulated observation.
His hospital affiliations have included Delray Medical Center and Boca Raton Regional Hospital. That long-standing connection to acute medical settings is part of what gives him the clinical confidence detox-level care requires.
Approach to Care
Dr. Norris's approach at RECO Island reflects 50 years of careful clinical observation. Detox patients aren't all the same — and his deep experience with addiction psychiatry has taught him to read individual presentations carefully rather than apply a one-size protocol. His medication management during detox is conservative when conservatism is appropriate and decisive when the clinical picture demands.
He is dedicated to evidence-based treatment that supports long-term recovery. For RECO Island patients, that means a senior psychiatric voice considering not just safe withdrawal but the psychiatric foundation for what comes after.
Education & Credentials
Dr. Norris earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1975. He is board-certified in psychiatry with specialty experience in addiction psychiatry and neurology, and has affiliations with Delray Medical Center and Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
What to Expect
RECO Island patients meeting Dr. Norris during detox can expect a senior clinician who has seen the full range of presentations and who brings 50 years of addiction-psychiatry pattern recognition to the work. He listens carefully, prescribes conservatively when appropriate, and his decisions are oriented toward what supports the long-term recovery picture.
