[ABSTRACT] The aim of this article is the revision of the psychopharmachological issues in the treatment of the bipolar disorders in the elderly with the use of mood stabilizers. The treatment with the classical mood stabilizers is specially revised about their particullar characteristics in eldely people. At last some of the new drugs are described.El objetivo del presente trabajo es la revisión de aspectos psicofarmacológicos en el tratamiento del trastorno bipolar en el anciano mediante fá