Adult ADHD Psychiatrist for Long Island, NY (Nassau & Suffolk)

Nassau and Suffolk counties are part of New York State but not New York City, and they run from the Queens line out to Montauk. For adult ADHD care, that means New York State rules apply to visits and prescriptions, the city's workplace laws apply only if your job is in the five boroughs, and the distance to any given clinician can be long. This page covers what is specific to Long Island and the local resources that are separate from Dr. Shershow's practice.

Who on Long Island looks for adult ADHD care

• LIRR commuters. The MTA describes the Long Island Rail Road as the busiest commuter railroad in North America, carrying about 250,000 customers each weekday on 11 branches, with many trains running to Penn Station or Grand Central Madison. A long commute plus a workday leaves little room for appointments, which is why people ask about video follow-up.
• College and graduate students. Hofstra, Adelphi, LIU Post and Stony Brook all have disability offices. Stony Brook's counseling service also has a specific stimulant policy, described below.
• Adults who never had a childhood diagnosis. An adult evaluation looks at symptoms across your life, not only now. See ADHD evaluation without childhood records.

Which rules apply to a video visit from Long Island

New York State Education Department guidance says a practitioner must hold a New York license when providing services to a patient located in New York. Dr. Shershow is licensed in New York and New Jersey, and for any video visit you must be physically in one of those two states.

What replaces the federal flexibilities in 2027 had not been published as of October 2026. For updates, see telehealth ADHD prescriptions in New York.

Filling an ADHD prescription on Long Island

• Schedule II stimulants cannot be refilled in New York. Each fill needs a new prescription.
• The usual limit is a 30-day supply. New York allows one prescription for up to three months when it is written for attention deficit disorder and marked with the condition or its code. The prescriber decides whether that fits.
• An electronic prescription goes to one pharmacy. If you commute, choose the pharmacy you can reliably reach before it closes, near home or near work, and call ahead about stock.

Steps for stock problems are in the ADHD medication shortage in New York.

Students: campus offices and Stony Brook's stimulant policy

Stony Brook University's Counseling and Psychological Services states that it does not prescribe stimulant medications without a current neuropsychological evaluation. It points students to the university's Krasner Psychological Center or to off-campus providers for testing. That is a campus prescribing policy, not a state rule, and it does not govern an off-campus psychiatrist. Students who want accommodations register separately with the campus disability office.

• Hofstra University: Student Access Services uses two Request for Reasonable Accommodations forms, one academic and one housing, each with supporting documentation.
• Adelphi University: the Student Access Office handles requests through its petition process and publishes guidelines for documentation.
• LIU Post: Disability Support Services sits within the Learning Center.
• Stony Brook University: the Student Accessibility Support Center registers students for accommodations.

Neuropsychological testing is not something Dr. Shershow provides. If an office or testing agency requires it, a psychologist does that work. See clinical evaluation or neuropsychological testing.

Long Island resources that are not the practice

None of these is connected to Dr. Shershow's practice, and crisis and peer services do not evaluate for ADHD or prescribe.

Nassau County's mental health department lists its services on the county website. More detail on what is and is not confirmed on the Island is in adult ADHD care on Long Island.

Work and insurance questions on Long Island

Outside New York City, New York State's paid sick leave law applies: up to 56 hours of paid leave a year at employers with 100 or more employees and up to 40 hours at those with 5 to 99. Employees can use it for the diagnosis, care or treatment of a mental or physical health condition and for preventive care. If your job is in the five boroughs, the city's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act may apply to it as well.

New York's behavioral health insurance protections apply to policies issued in New York, not to self-funded employer plans. Ask your employer's benefits office which kind of plan you have. Plans regulated by New York must be able to offer a first outpatient behavioral health appointment within 10 business days, through a complaint process if needed. The office can tell you the current fees and how insurance works with the practice. See what to do when your plan cannot find you a psychiatrist.

Starting care from Nassau or Suffolk

1. Call the office or use the call-back form on this page.
2. Say where you will usually be for visits: home, a Manhattan office, or somewhere else.
3. Bring what you have: school records, earlier evaluations, a medication list.

The new patients page explains the first steps.