[Follow-up study of mental developments in high-risk children].

Objective: To study the mental developments in high risk children and the impact of the high risk factors on neurologic abnormalities, mental defect and long-term outcome.

Methods: The mental development of 122 children who had been exposed to high-risk factors and treated between March 1994 to May 1995 during their newborn periods was evaluated. Gesell development scales were performed when they were at 6 and 12 months old.