Students diagnosed with ADHD who would like to have their stimulant medication refilled by a provider at Student Health Services must provide specific documentation.
Prior to any drug treatment prescribed by our medical providers for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), UB Student Health Services requires the following functional areas be formally assessed, typically by a psychologist or psychiatrist:
The clinician should choose the instrument(s) most appropriate to test each functional area in the student. Diagnostic reports should be on professional letterhead with name, address, phone number, and professional credentials of each evaluator as well as date(s) of testing. All quantitative information should be reported in standard scores and/or percentiles and must be based on age norms.
The prescribing of stimulant medications is at the sole discretion of the providers at Student Health Services. We reserve the right to decline to prescribe stimulant medications should we feel the diagnosis has not been established, the student needs more specialized treatment, or there are adherence and/or abuse concerns.
For additional information, please contact:
Student Life
University at Buffalo
4350 Maple Rd
Amherst, NY 14226
Phone: (716) 829-3316; Fax: (716) 829-2564