The development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for mental disorders represent an enormous advance with continued progress designed to understand the techniques and increase their use in clinical practice. This article suggests ways of expanding research along several fronts including the extension of the types of randomized controlled trials that are conducted, the use of more diverse samples to encompass different cultures and countries, the expansion of assessments to better reflect client functioning in everyday life, consideration of the impact of treatments for mental disorders on physical health, the careful evaluation of exceptional responders, the use of mixed-methods research, and the development of versions of EBTs that can be scaled. EBTs have been studied in well-controlled settings and extended to clinical settings, albeit less often. The least attention has been accorded their evaluation on a large scale to reach a greater portion of people in need of services but who do not receive any treatment.

精神障碍循证治疗 (EBT) 的开发和评估代表了巨大的进步，旨在了解这些技术并增加其在临床实践中的使用。本文提出了在多个方面扩展研究的方法，包括扩展所进行的随机对照试验的类型，使用更多样化的样本来涵盖不同的文化和国家，扩展评估以更好地反映客户在日常生活中的功能，考虑精神障碍治疗对身体健康的影响、对特殊反应者的仔细评估、混合方法研究的使用以及可扩展的 EBT 版本的开发。EBT 已在控制良好的环境中进行研究，并扩展到临床环境，尽管不那么频繁。他们对大规模评估的关注最少，以覆盖更多需要服务但未接受任何治疗的人。