Case Report: PDF OnlyGeretsegger Christian M.D.; Rochowanski, Erika M.D.Convulsive Therapy: December 1987 - p 291-295 Free Abstract Summary: A 61-year-old white female patient with known endogenous depression developed acute life-threatening catatonia. Associated cardiac and respiratory insufficiency prevented drug therapy. The patient was successfully treated with ECT. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.