Adult ADHD Psychiatrist for New Brunswick, NJ

New Brunswick is a Rutgers town and a hospital town. This page is written for Rutgers undergraduates and graduate students, people who work on the medical campus around Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and Northeast Corridor commuters. It covers what is specific to them, especially Rutgers' published documentation guidelines, which shape what an evaluation for accommodations needs to contain. It does not describe an office in New Brunswick. The office can tell you how visits are arranged.

Rutgers students: what the Office of Disability Services asks for

Rutgers-New Brunswick's Office of Disability Services is in Lucy Stone Hall, Suite A145, on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway. Rutgers publishes specific documentation guidelines for ADHD, and they are more detailed than many people expect. They say the documentation should include:

• A clinical interview with evidence of childhood impairment (the guidelines give elementary school grade cards as an example), evidence of current impairment and its effect on education, statements ruling out other diagnoses that could explain the symptoms, and the intensity and frequency of symptoms.
• A specific diagnosis with its DSM code, stated in direct language. The guidelines ask evaluators to avoid phrases such as "suggests" or "attention problems."
• Other assessment instruments, named, with scores and interpretation. The guidelines list functional areas and frequently used instruments, which are typically part of psychological or psychoeducational testing.

The guidelines also say that a good response to medication does not confirm a diagnosis, and that ODS decides reasonable accommodations case by case.

What this means in practice: Dr. Shershow does the psychiatric evaluation, which covers the clinical interview and diagnosis. He does not provide psychological or neuropsychological testing. If ODS tells you it needs test scores for the accommodations you want, you may need a psychologist as well. Ask ODS before you book, and bring old report cards or school records if you have them. No evaluation can guarantee a diagnosis or accommodations. More background is in ADHD accommodations at New Jersey colleges.

Out-of-state and international students

If you came to Rutgers from another state, the location rule applies to you: a clinician must be licensed in the state where you are physically located during the visit. New Jersey's telehealth statute, as amended by P.L.2026, c.40, requires the clinician to be validly licensed to provide services in New Jersey. A psychiatrist back home who is not licensed in New Jersey cannot keep treating you by video while you sit in your dorm on Busch or College Avenue. Dr. Shershow holds New Jersey and New York licenses. Students from New York who go home for breaks can be seen from either state, but the rules change with the location. See out-of-state students and ADHD care in New Jersey.

New Jersey's stimulant rules for patients located here

For adults on a Schedule II stimulant whose first examination is by telehealth while located in New Jersey, P.L.2026, c.40 (effective July 8, 2026) requires an in-person visit within 30 days, an in-person visit or real-time video contact every three months after that, and an in-person visit at least once a year. If you will be in New Jersey for your visits, the office will explain how visits are arranged so these requirements are met. Nonstimulant medications are not Schedule II and fall outside this law. The details and timeline are in telehealth ADHD prescriptions in New Jersey.

New Brunswick station is on NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line. A commuter who takes a visit from a private room at work in Manhattan is a New York patient for that visit, under New York's rules, which follow the federal DEA telemedicine flexibilities extended through December 31, 2026.

Filling prescriptions around campus

New Jersey limits a single Schedule II prescription to a 30-day supply. A prescriber may write multiple prescriptions totaling up to 90 days, each with an earliest fill date, when that does not create undue risk (N.J.A.C. 13:35-7.6). Federal rules do not allow Schedule II refills. Before starting any controlled substance, New Jersey prescribers take a history, examine the patient, make a reasonable effort to get past records, check the state Prescription Monitoring Program and write a treatment plan (N.J.A.C. 13:35-7.6(b)).

For students, the practical issues are timing and moving. Schedule II prescriptions cannot be refilled, so plan each new prescription around exams and breaks, call the pharmacy before each prescription is sent to confirm stock, and expect that a prescription written in New Jersey may not be accepted the same way by a pharmacy in another state. Switching pharmacies within New Jersey also takes a new prescription, because Schedule II prescriptions cannot be transferred (N.J.A.C. 13:39-7.8(c)). See the ADHD medication shortage in New Jersey for supply problems.

Middlesex County resources that are not the practice

Dr. Shershow's practice is not an emergency service. If anyone is in danger, call 911. For a mental health crisis, call or text 988.

• Psychiatric emergency screening: Middlesex County's designated primary screening service is Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), 671 Hoes Lane, Piscataway. 24-hour line: 732-235-5700. Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy is an affiliated emergency service (state directory updated October 8, 2026).
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: described by Rutgers Health as a 600-bed academic medical center and the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
• County mental health administrator: the Middlesex County Division of Addiction & Mental Health Planning, New Brunswick.
• Vocational rehabilitation: New Jersey's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services lists a New Brunswick office at 550 Jersey Avenue for Middlesex County (state table dated August 2024; call to confirm).

More options are listed in mental health crisis resources in New Jersey.

Time off, fees and insurance

New Jersey's Earned Sick Leave law gives employees, including part-time workers, up to 40 hours a year for their own physical or mental health care. Students on a parent's plan or a university plan should check which plan applies and what it covers. For current fees and how insurance works with the practice, call the office.

Starting from New Brunswick

Call the office or use the call-back form on this page. Say where you will be for visits, list current medications, and if you want accommodations, bring ODS's requirements and any school records. The adult ADHD self-test can help you organize your notes, and adult ADHD care for Middlesex County covers the wider county.