Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatments relating to bipolar disorder in a mammal, including a human, the treatments including treatment of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, treatment of symptoms of bipolar disorder selected from the group consisting of acute mania and depression, treatment for effecting mood stabilization; treatment for preventing relapse into bipolar episodes, and for the treatment of suicidal thoughts and tendencies associated with bipolar disorder, comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, wherein Ar, n, X, and Y are as defined.

Abstract: This invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating a disorder or condition selected from the group consisting of depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, avoidant personality disorder, eating disorders, chemical dependencies, Parkinson's diseases, obsessive-compulsive disorder, negative symptoms of schizophrenia, cognitive dysfunction related to schizophrenia, premenstrual syndrome, stress-induced incontinence, headache, neuropathic pain, chronic pain, urinary incontinence, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic stress, acute stress, fibromyalgia, depression comorbid with fibromyalgia, obesity, migraine and a combination thereof in a mammal.

Abstract: This invention is directed in one embodiment to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating depression in a mammal. To a mammal in need of such treatment are administered: (i) at least one serotonin reuptake inhibitor or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (ii) at least one norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of Structure II, Structure III, and Structure IV as defined herein.