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For effective treatment of agoraphobia both patient and therapist must understand the mechanisms of sensitization and self-desensitization. Rather than aiming to adapt to difficult situations, to achieve desensitization by suggestions, or to avoid panic, the agoraphobe must learn to pass through panic and to rid oneself of drug dependency. This method of self-desensitization will, as a rule, achieve results quickly and does not necessarily depend upon finding the cause of the original sensitization.
为有效治疗广场恐惧症，患者和治疗师都必须了解敏感化和自我脱敏的机制。广场恐惧症患者不应试图去适应困难情境、通过暗示来实现脱敏或避免恐慌，而必须学会直面恐慌并摆脱药物依赖。通常来说，这种自我脱敏方法能迅速取得成效，且不一定依赖于找出最初敏感化的原因。
