SAN DIEGO — Advocacy groups are asking the state of California to take away a psychologist's license to practice after a dozen people held in immigration custody at Otay Mesa Detention Center complained that she mistreated them in ways that led to the deterioration of their mental health.
In a copy of a complaint obtained by the San Diego Union-Tribune, filed with the California Board of Psychology on Tuesday, 12 men said that Dr. Hyrsso Fernbach spoke to them in a hateful and mocking way, dismissed their concerns and accused them of making up symptoms.
Several people named in the complaint contemplated or attempted suicide after trying to get treatment from Fernbach, the document says.
