Tratamento e manejo farmacológico do transtorno afetivo bipolar em episódio maníaco na gestação: revisão de literatura.

Abstract

Introduction: Bipolar affective disorder (BD) is considered a serious illness with great importance the the world scenario due to it’s prevalence. It mainly affects young adults including women in their fertile period. Objective: the present study aims to carry out a literature review on the drug management of the manic phase in pregnant women. Methodology: for this purpose, a search of publications. From the last ten years on the subject was conduced in established databases in the medical field and other relevant publications on the subject were considered. Result/discussion: BD is a multifactorial disease, with genetic bases, whose onset of symptoms occurs mainly in young adults. Regarding treatment, conclusive evidence has not yet been confirmed with current studies Conclusion: knowing how to treat and manage the manic phase in pregnant patients is of paramount importance cause it affects about 2 million women in Brazil and it’s impact on health.