[THE PATIENT AND THERAPIST`S EXPERIENCE IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION]

As part of the psychiatric hospitalization, the patients who face severe mental illness, suffer from considerable emotional distress, extreme behavioral changes, and at times are in danger to themselves and others. By virtue of the Law for the Treatment of the Mentally Ill, psychiatric treatment is sometimes given under coercion. This abnormal situation produces complex conflicts in the therapeutic relationship. In this article I will try to draw a line between a case study of a person suffering from schizophrenia who was hospitalized under coercion in the closed-door ward, and the concept of the "Uncanny" presented by Freud in his article "Das Unheimliche" - from 1919 in order to convey the unique emotional experience which accompanies the therapeutic alliance in the ward.