Background
Dr. Charles Norris is one of the most experienced psychiatrists practicing in South Florida, with over 50 years of clinical experience across general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and neurology. Within the RECO Health network, he serves as a foundational psychiatric voice — a clinician whose career spans the entire modern history of how the field has evolved to treat the conditions RECO programs address every day.
His career has been built in affiliation with leading South Florida medical institutions, including Delray Medical Center and Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The breadth of that affiliation history is increasingly rare in practicing physicians and gives him clinical pattern recognition that informs every part of RECO Health.
Approach to Care
Dr. Norris brings a calm, steady, evidence-based approach to psychiatric care across the RECO Health network. He has watched the field move through generations of medications, therapies, and theoretical frameworks — and he treats current best practices as the latest version of an evolving conversation rather than as the final word.
That long view shapes how he listens to patients. His clinical decisions reflect an unhurried thoughtfulness — and a recognition that the right intervention for a particular patient is often not the most aggressive one.
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 spent his career affiliated with leading South Florida medical facilities including Delray Medical Center and Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
What to Expect
Patients across RECO Health describe Dr. Norris as the kind of psychiatrist who asks one careful question, listens to the entire answer, and then asks the right follow-up — a clinical posture honed over five decades. He brings a settled, measured presence to evaluations and follow-ups.
