A nurse educator is discussing community mental health with a group of nursing students. Based on the public health model, which of the following statements made by one of the students indicates correct information about primary prevention?

Services aimed at reducing the incidence of mental disorders within the population.

Services aimed at reducing the residual defects that are associated with severe and persistent mental illness.

Accomplished through early identification of problems and prompt initiation of effective treatment.

Interventions aimed at minimizing early symptoms of psychiatric illness and directed toward reducing the prevalence and duration of the illness.