was a style of treatment which was highly used in the U.S. throughout the 1970s and 1980s which involved introducing patients to very high dosages of treatments over a short period of time opposed to smaller dosages over a longer period of time in the hope that the high doses would hasten the retreat of any psychological conditions the patient was suffering from. This method has, in modern medicine fallen into misuse due to research implying its overwhelming danger instead of benefits.