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The emergency evaluation process is meant for those who are mentally unwell and pose a danger to themselves or others. But it's being used for misbehaving kids.

Advocates say schools across the country are sending children to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations in response to behaviors prompted by bullying or frustration over assignments. The ER trips,

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation.

Schools nationwide are handcuffing children and sending them to hospital emergency rooms for a psychiatric evaluation in response to behaviors prompted by...

Schools nationwide are handcuffing children and sending them to hospital emergency rooms for a psychiatric evaluation in response to behaviors prompted by...

Schools nationwide are handcuffing children and sending them to hospital emergency rooms for a psychiatric evaluation in response to behaviors prompted by...

Schools nationwide are handcuffing children and sending them to hospital emergency rooms for a psychiatric evaluation in response to behaviors prompted by...

Last year, schools in one Maryland county sent kids for psychiatric evaluation at least 117 times.

Advocates say schools across the country are sending children to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations in response to behaviors prompted by bullying or frustration over assignments. The ER trips,

Advocates say schools across the country are sending children to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations in response to behaviors prompted by bullying or frustration over assignments. The ER trips,