The Waterford Files: A Dark Chapter of Newfoundland’s Mental Health History (Part 1)

For most Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, the Waterford Hospital—known over the years as "The Lunatic Asylum," "The Mental," or "The Big Red Building"—has been a symbol of something no one wanted to talk about. For more than a century, being admitted to the province's only psychiatric hospital was often a shameful family secret. Stigma hung heavy, and …