Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the psychology of the children with lip and palate cleft and their social environment.Methods700 patients with lip and palate cleft of 0～24 years old were investigated to the harmonization with their parents and their social environment using questionnaire, so as their psychology using Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) in the follow-up after operation.ResultsThe score of SCL-90 was higher in the patients above 6 in some dimension compared with the normal. Their parents seemed to exclude them, and they felt uncomfortable to the others around them.ConclusionThere were a lot of problem of the psychology in patients with lip and palate cleft above 6, and they get poor support from their social environment.

Key words: lip and palate cleft, psychology, questionnaire, Symptom Checklist 90