Adult ADHD Psychiatrist for Newark, NJ

Newark combines several college campuses, a large academic medical campus and a rail hub that sends commuters in every direction. Adults looking for ADHD care here are often students at Rutgers University-Newark, NJIT, Essex County College or Seton Hall Law; health sciences students and staff on the Rutgers Health campus; or people who pass through Newark Penn Station on the way to work. This page covers what is specific to them. It does not describe an office in Newark. The office can tell you how visits are arranged.

Where you sit decides the rules

A video visit is governed by the state where the patient is physically located. 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. Dr. Shershow holds New Jersey and New York licenses, so a visit you take from an apartment in the Ironbound or a study room on campus is a New Jersey visit under New Jersey rules.

Newark Penn Station is served by NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast and Raritan Valley lines, plus Amtrak, PATH and Newark Light Rail. PATH runs from Newark to the World Trade Center. If you work in Lower Manhattan, a visit taken from a private room at work is a New York visit, because New York's licensing guidance looks at where the patient is located. Pick one place for visits and keep it consistent. A PATH car under the Hudson is not a good place for a confidential appointment, and it is not clearly in either state.

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:

1. an in-person visit within 30 days of that telehealth examination;
2. an in-person visit or real-time audio-video contact every three months after that;
3. at least one in-person visit a year while the stimulant continues.

Patients whose visits take place in New York fall under New York's rules instead, which follow the federal DEA telemedicine flexibilities extended through December 31, 2026. Nonstimulant medications are not Schedule II and are not covered by this law. If you will be in New Jersey for your visits, the office will explain how visits are arranged so these requirements are met. For the full history, see telehealth ADHD prescriptions in New Jersey.

Students: which campus office handles accommodations

Newark's campuses each route accommodation requests through a specific office, and it is worth knowing which one is yours before you ask a clinician for documentation.

NJIT says OARS coordinates accommodations case by case for students who identify themselves, submit documentation and complete its request form. Essex County College says accommodations may be available under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Seton Hall's office states that it serves students at the Law School. Law students who may later request bar exam accommodations should check the bar examiners' own documentation requirements early, because they are separate from the school's process.

Dr. Shershow does the psychiatric evaluation and does not provide psychological or neuropsychological testing. If an office asks for standardized test scores, that comes from a psychologist. No evaluation can promise a diagnosis or accommodations paperwork. More detail is in ADHD accommodations at New Jersey colleges and ADHD evaluations for accommodations in New Jersey.

Students who come from another state are still New Jersey patients while they take visits from Newark. A New Jersey pharmacist is directed to fill a prescription from a practitioner authorized in another state but may refuse one he or she has reason to doubt, and Schedule II prescriptions cannot be transferred between pharmacies (N.J.A.C. 13:39-7.1, 13:39-7.13 and 13:39-7.8), so plan the handoff before the semester starts. See out-of-state students and ADHD care in New Jersey.

Filling prescriptions in Newark

New Jersey caps a single Schedule II prescription at a 30-day supply. A prescriber may write multiple prescriptions totaling up to 90 days, each marked with the earliest date it may be filled, 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)).

Two practical points for Newark: decide whether you will fill near home, near campus or near work, because switching pharmacies every month makes stock problems worse; and call ahead to ask whether the exact medication and strength is on the shelf. If you work in New York and want to fill there, read filling an ADHD prescription across the New York and New Jersey line first.

Essex 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.

Essex County has three designated psychiatric emergency screening services, according to the state Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services directory updated October 8, 2026:

• University Behavioral Health Care (Rutgers), 183 South Orange Avenue, Newark. 24-hour line: 973-623-2323.
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark. 24-hour line: 973-926-7444.
• Clara Maass Medical Center, 1 Clara Maass Drive, Belleville. 24-hour line: 973-844-4357.

University Hospital in Newark, described by Rutgers Health as a state-owned medical center and the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, is home to northern New Jersey's Level I Trauma Center.

Other public resources:

• Essex County Mental Health Board, Cedar Grove: the county mental health administrator listed by the state.
• NJ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Newark office, 990 Broad Street: help with work goals and job accommodations for people with disabilities (state table dated August 2024; call to confirm).

See also mental health crisis resources in New Jersey.

Time off, fees and insurance

New Jersey's Earned Sick Leave law gives most employees up to 40 hours a year that can be used for their own mental health care. For current fees and how insurance works with the practice, call the office before you book.

Starting from Newark

Call the office or use the call-back form on this page. Say where you will be for visits (New Jersey or New York), list current medications, and if you need documentation for school, bring the campus office's written requirements. The adult ADHD self-test can help you organize your notes, and adult ADHD care for Essex County covers the rest of the county.