[ABSTRACT] From the seventies on a great deal of manic rating scales have arisen. The first one were only manic rating scales. Later on made their appearance scales devised to the quantitation of the bipolar disorders, being able to measure simultaneously the presence of depressive and manic symptoms. These two big groups can be divided in turn in those observer rated and the subject rated. Next to them a multitude of related scales have also arisen such as those used in the psychoeducative prog