organized set of social, educational, occupational, behavioral, and cognitive interventions for increasing the role performance of persons with serious and persistent mental illness and enhancing their recovery; includes services aimed at long-term recovery and maximization of self-sufficiency, as distinguished from the symptom stabilization function of acute care; interventions may include one or more of the areas of skills training, peer support, or vocational rehabilitation, and are oriented toward empowerment, recovery, and competency.