TY - JOUR T1 - Hypnosis JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 42 LP - 47 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002839 VL - 22 IS - 1 AU - Wendy Phillips AU - Jason Price AU - Paul D Molyneux AU - Quinton Deeley Y1 - 2022/02/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/22/1/42.abstract N2 - 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. ER -