Bipolar affective disorder (formerly called manic depression) is characterized by mood swings ranging from completely opposite poles: mania, or phase of exaltation, euphoria and grandiosity, and depression, or phase of predominantly the sadness, inhibition and ideas of death. It is a chronic and recurrent mood, which generally limits the functionality of the patient and in any case requires a comprehensive approach to pharmacological and psychosocial. Despite the increasing effectivene