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A little over a year ago, The Lancet published a Series of five articles on Global Mental Health that documented the current evidence for global mental health, with a focus on low-income and middle-income countries. 1–5 The final paper in the Series made a call to scale up evidence-based packages of services for people with mental disorders with a commitment to the protection of human rights. 6 The Series and the call to action that concluded it has received support from leaders in world health (panel 1). 1 year on, we take stock of the effect of this Series, focusing on implementation of the call for action. Although 1 year is a short time to see substantial outcomes, and definitively attributing events to the Series is impossible, our objective is to discern the commitment of stakeholders and the general direction they are taking since publication. We consulted the members of an advisory group set up soon after the …