Visual: DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images Psychiatric evaluations are meant to keep students safe. But psychiatrists say schools misuse and misunderstand them. BY REBECCA REDELMEIER THE 9-YEAR-OLD had been drawing images of guns at school and pretending to point the weapons at other students. He’d become more withdrawn, and had stared angrily at a teacher. The principal suspended him for a week. Educators were unsure whether it was safe for him to return to school — and, if so, how best to support him. So, as schools around the country are increasingly inclined to do amid heightened concern over school violence and threats, administrators sent the child to … Continue reading Psychiatrists Raise Concerns Over an Uptick in School Referrals