title: Remembering Albert deutsch, an advocate for mental health.
abstract: Albert Deutsch, journalist, advocate for the mentally ill, and honorary APA Fellow died 50 years ago. Author of The Mentally Ill in America and The Shame of the States, he believed in the obligation of individuals and institutions to advocate for patients. In 1961, he was in the midst of a vast project to assess the state of the art in psychiatric research. This article recalls aspects of Deutsch's life and work and places him in the historical context of individuals who have shown great compassion for disabled persons.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. kenweiss@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D020452:Journalism / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000266:history*; D008875:Middle Aged