PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wendy Phillips
AU  - Jason Price
AU  - Paul D Molyneux
AU  - Quinton Deeley
TI  - Hypnosis
AID  - 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002839
DP  - 2022 Feb 01
TA  - Practical Neurology
PG  - 42--47
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
4099  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/22/1/42.short
4100  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/22/1/42.full
SO  - Pract Neurol2022 Feb 01; 22
AB  - Clinical hypnosis is an important therapeutic tool with an increasingly understood cognitive and neurobiological basis, and evidence for efficacy. Hypnosis involves controlled modulation of components of cognition—such as awareness, volition, perception and belief—by an external agent (the hypnotist) or by oneself (self-hypnosis) employing suggestion. In this article, we describe what hypnosis is, how it can be used in clinical settings, and how it is done.