Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
A primary focus on people living with SMI, as defined by the National Institute for Mental Health (“severe” and “serious” were used interchangeably), that is, “…a mental, behavioural, or emotional disorder resulting in serious functional impairment, which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. The burden of mental illnesses is particularly concentrated among those who experience disability due to SMI.” (National Institute of Mental Health, 2022). This includes specific ICD-10 diagnostic categories F20–29, F30–39, F30.2, F31.2, F31.5, F32.3, F33.3	Primary focus not on people living with SMI
A description of a specific intervention, programme or service	General overviews or descriptions of health systems or services, rather than a specific focus on an intervention aimed at recovery from SMI
A focus on community-based, outpatient settings	A focus on inpatient, institutionalised settings
A focus on the enabling of recovery as defined in the Introduction	No focus on dimensions of recovery
Adults (aged 18 years and above)	People under 18 years of age
Studies reported during the past decade (2012–2022)	Studies reported before 2012
Studies with a primary location in LMICs (World Bank, 2022)	Studies focusing on settings in HICs (World Bank, 2022)
Explicit description of intended linkages with sectors other than health	No apparent linkages of an intervention with sectors beyond health
Published in English	Full text not in English