Adult ADHD Psychiatrist for Staten Island, NY

Staten Island is one of the five boroughs, so adults who live or work there are covered by New York State rules and by a few New York City laws that stop at the city line. It also has its own hospitals, colleges and public services, and a commute that often runs by water. This page covers what is specific to the Island: which rules apply to a video visit taken there, how to fill an ADHD prescription locally, and the public resources on Staten Island that are separate from Dr. Shershow's practice.

Who on Staten Island looks for adult ADHD care

Three groups on the Island tend to have specific practical questions about adult ADHD care.

• College students. The College of Staten Island (part of CUNY) and Wagner College both have disability offices that arrange academic accommodations (details below). Students often need a current evaluation to use them.
• Ferry commuters. The Staten Island Ferry is free and takes about 25 minutes each way between St. George and Whitehall in Lower Manhattan. For a commuter, a long day can leave little room for appointments, which is one reason people ask about video follow-up.
• People who work off the Island. Some Staten Islanders work in Manhattan or Brooklyn, others in New Jersey. Where you sit during a video visit matters, as the next section explains.

None of these is a reason by itself to suspect ADHD. If trouble with focus, organization or restlessness has been present since childhood and is causing problems now, that is worth discussing with a clinician. The adult ADHD self-test is a starting point, not a diagnosis.

Which rules apply to a video visit from Staten Island

A clinician must be licensed in the state where the patient is physically located during the visit. 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.

If you split time between Staten Island and a job in New Jersey, decide where you will be for visits and tell the office. The office will explain how visits are arranged for patients located in New Jersey. The cross-border details are in living in New Jersey, getting ADHD care in New York (or the reverse).

Filling an ADHD prescription on Staten Island

Pharmacies on the Island follow New York's controlled-substance rules, the same as anywhere else in the state.

• A Schedule II prescription, which covers most stimulants, cannot be refilled. Each fill needs a new prescription.
• The usual limit is a 30-day supply. New York allows one prescription for up to a three-month supply when it is written for attention deficit disorder and marked with the condition or its code. Whether a longer supply fits is a decision for the prescriber.
• Electronic prescriptions go to one pharmacy. Before a new prescription is sent, call the pharmacy you plan to use and ask whether it has the medication and strength in stock.

If a pharmacy is out of stock, practical steps are in the ADHD medication shortage in New York, and the full rules are in New York's rules for ADHD stimulant prescriptions.

Staten Island resources that are not the practice

These services are run by hospitals, colleges, the state and nonprofits. None of them is connected to Dr. Shershow's practice, and crisis and peer services do not evaluate for ADHD or prescribe.

CHADD, the national ADHD nonprofit, lists no chapter in New York City as of October 2026. The nearest chapters, in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester-Putnam, hold many meetings on Zoom. Whether Staten Island University Hospital offers an adult ADHD service could not be confirmed; ask its psychiatry department directly. Other local options are in adult ADHD care in New York City.

Work and insurance questions for Staten Islanders

Two city laws matter if you work in the five boroughs. The NYC Human Rights Law applies to employers with four or more people and requires a good-faith cooperative dialogue when someone asks for a workplace accommodation. The city's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act gives most employees 40 or 56 hours of paid protected time off a year, which can be used for medical appointments. Your human resources office can confirm how either law applies to your job.

For insurance, New York's behavioral health protections apply to policies issued in New York, not to self-funded employer plans or policies issued in another state. 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. For background, see does insurance cover adult ADHD care in New York?

Starting care from Staten Island

1. Call the office or use the call-back form on this page.
2. Say where you expect to be for visits: on the Island, at work in another borough, or in New Jersey.
3. Collect what you have: old report cards, any earlier evaluation, a list of current medications, and records from past prescribers. If you have no childhood records, the evaluation can still go ahead; see ADHD evaluation without childhood records.

What to expect at the first visit is on the new patients page.