Clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of hypnosis treatments.In addition to advances in basic research in the neuroscience of hypnosis, there was a consensus agreement by the symposium participants that there have been important developments in our understanding of the efficacy of hypnosis for treating a variety of clinical conditions. This research has been summarized in a number of influential systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which show the strongest empirical support (to date) for the use of hypnosis treatments for pain (Patterson and Jensen 2003; Hammond 2007; Tome-Pires and Miro 2012), irritable bowel syndrome (Schaefert et al. 2014), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms (Rotaru and Rusu 2016). Limited evidence – to be confirmed by larger scale clinical trials –suggests that hypnotic treatments may also be effective for a wide variety of other problems and conditions such as depression (Alladin and Alibhai 2007), anxiety (Hammond 2010), and problem smoking (Lynn et al. 2010). In addition, research indicates that hypnosis and hypnotic techniques can be combined with nonhypnotic treatments to enhance the efficacy of the latter (Kirsch et al. 1995; Jensen et al. 2011). We anticipate that future research will aim to integrate clinical and basic science results to further strengthen the application of hypnosis in clinical contexts and study the mechanistic basis of therapeutic suggestions.