[The subject with spina bifida and his family: psychological and social aspects. I].

This paper is to examine the psychological and social effects in spina bifida. In 130 subjects, aged from 4 to 24 years old, the levels of the I.Q. have been studied and they have been distributed into revelant percentual groupings, and the psychologic perception problems of the malformation of the subject have been studied. Finally, dominant psychologic and social problems have also been considered.