['To examine behaviour problems, personality, self-perceived competence and academic deficits in children who had recovered from non-Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterial meningitis (BM) without obvious medical sequelae.', 'Assessments in 182 children, mean age 10 (range 5-14) years, 4-10 years after surviving meningitis, were compared to scores of norm reference groups.', 'More children were estimated to have academic deficits (27%) than behaviour problems as perceived by the parents (9%). The mean deviation from normal was absent to moderate on behaviour problems, personality variables and self-perceived competence.'] Is behaviour really at risk after surviving meningitis in childhood?