Adult ADHD Psychiatrist for Bergen County, NJ

Bergen County is New Jersey's most populous county, with an estimated 977,026 residents in July 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This page is about the county as a whole: the public offices that serve every Bergen town, the county's colleges, and how New Jersey's rules shape ADHD care for people who live here. Town-level detail for Ridgewood is on its own page.

Who in Bergen County looks for adult ADHD care

Census commuting data for 2016 to 2020 show a county that works both at home and across the river. Of about 470,000 employed residents, roughly 56% worked inside Bergen County, and about 22% (more than 100,000 people) worked in New York State, most of them in Manhattan. That produces two common situations:

• Local workers and parents whose attention and organization problems show up at home and in jobs inside the county. Their visits will usually be taken from New Jersey.
• Manhattan commuters who may take some visits from a private room at work in New York and others from home in New Jersey.

Students are a third group. Bergen Community College, Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah and Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck all draw adult learners, and an ADHD question often starts with a struggle in a course or a request from a disability office.

Dr. Shershow is licensed in New Jersey and New York and sees adults 18 and older, so either kind of commuter can keep one psychiatrist.

New Jersey rules for a video visit taken in Bergen County

A visit taken from anywhere in Bergen County is a visit with a patient located in New Jersey. The clinician needs a New Jersey license, and New Jersey's prescribing rules apply.

For adult patients on a Schedule II stimulant, P.L.2026, c.40 has applied since July 8, 2026:

If you take a visit while physically in Manhattan, New York's rules apply instead. As of October 2026, New York follows the federal DEA telemedicine flexibilities, which run through December 31, 2026. The office will explain how visits are arranged for patients located in New Jersey. For the full comparison, see living in New Jersey and getting ADHD care in New York.

Prescriptions and the New Jersey PMP

Controlled-substance prescriptions filled at Bergen County pharmacies are reported to the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program. Under N.J.A.C. 13:35-7.6(b), before starting any controlled substance, a New Jersey prescriber takes a history, examines the patient, makes a reasonable effort to get prior records, checks the NJPMP and writes a treatment plan, so a lookup is a routine part of stimulant prescribing. The guide to the NJ PMP explains what the record shows and who can see it.

Before a new prescription is sent, call the pharmacy you plan to use and ask whether it has that medication and strength on hand. If you would rather fill near your workplace in Manhattan, call that pharmacy first as well.

County resources that are not the practice

These offices are separate from Dr. Shershow's practice and can help with things a psychiatrist's office does not do.

• Bergen County Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Part of the county Department of Health Services at One Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack. It plans and funds services, offers information and referral, and runs free public trainings such as Mental Health First Aid. The county says it works to make care available to residents regardless of ability to pay.
• Bergen County Mental Health Board. An advisory board of appointed residents. The county says it typically meets on the third Monday of each month at 6 p.m. and is open to the public, which is one way to raise gaps in local services.
• Psychiatric emergencies. The state lists Care Plus NJ at New Bridge Medical Center, 230 East Ridgewood Avenue in Paramus, as Bergen County's designated screening service. Its 24-hour line is 201-262-4357 (262-HELP). You can also call or text 988. In an emergency, call 911. See mental health crisis resources in New Jersey.
• Vocational rehabilitation. The New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services lists its Bergen County field office at 60 State Street in Hackensack. See DVRS and adult ADHD.

Campus disability offices in Bergen County

• Bergen Community College, Office of Specialized Services. In the Pitkin Education Center on the Paramus campus. It serves students with current documentation of a disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as learning.
• Ramapo College, Office of Specialized Services. C-Wing, Room 205, on the Mahwah campus. Students manage accommodation and exam requests through the office's OSSOnline system.
• Fairleigh Dickinson University, Regional Center for Learning Disabilities. A support program at the Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck for students with language-based learning disabilities, offered at no extra fee according to the university. It is a different service from a psychiatric ADHD evaluation, but it is worth knowing about if learning disabilities and ADHD occur together.

Each school sets its own documentation rules, so ask the office for its forms before your appointment. An evaluation does not guarantee a diagnosis or accommodations. For more, see ADHD accommodations in New Jersey colleges.

Insurance questions under New Jersey law

Health insurance policies issued or renewed in New Jersey since June 10, 2019 fall under P.L.2019, c.58, which the Department of Banking and Insurance says covers mental health conditions defined by reference to the DSM. Your plan still decides deductibles, networks and prior-authorization rules. A plan issued in New York through a Manhattan employer may follow New York law.

The office can tell you the current fees and how insurance works with the practice. The fees and insurance page lists questions to ask your plan, and does insurance cover adult ADHD in New Jersey goes further.

Starting care from Bergen County

Call the office or use the call-back form on this page. Mention where you expect to be during visits, in New Jersey, in New York or both, because that decides which rules apply. A list of your current medications and any past ADHD records will help, though records are not required to start. What the evaluation covers is described on the adult ADHD evaluation page.