[The spina bifida patient and his family: psychologic and social aspects. 2].

In the second part of the present work the data which was obtained through questionnaires and interviews with 130 families with children affected by spina bifida is presented. Presented first are the immediate sociopsychological aspects of the family when they are informed about the malformation, the derived psychological effects and the preoccupations relating to the life of their child. Then the aspects of the successive social and psychological problems of these parents are presented, and finally the expectations and demands of the same parents following the psychological operations carried out at the centre to the benefit of the children and their families.