 Deutsch continued to speak and write on the condition of public health services for the rest of his career.Upon his death in 1961, at age 55, Deutsch was remembered by the public as a “leading American writer on mental health problems,” and by the health community as a driven friend, one dedicated to improving America's psychiatric care system who worked tirelessly towards that goal.Only two years after his death, the Community Mental Health Act was passed, in response to a “genuine shift in attitudes toward the mentally ill during postwar years.” In a 2003 "New York Times" article, writer Sally Satel points towards “exposes like Albert Deutsch’s book ‘The Shame of the States’ and popular entertainment like the movie ‘The Snake Pit’” as major contributors to this shift in attitude.