Renowned psychologist Sylvester Kwabena Sackiteh has charged women who are in abusive marriages to think about their mental health.

‎According to him, the brain is structured in a degenerative manner, and once it loses its volume, it will take God’s intervention before it can be restored to its normal state.

‎Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Novella Chat show in Accra on Sunday, Sackiteh warned couples not to compromise on things, which would cause their brains to dysfunction.

‎”At any point you realise that the marriage you’re in is fighting against your mental health, you need to take a U-turn because mental health is such a way that when you lose it, it’s very difficult to bring it back to its normal state. It’s degenerative; it is like a ball descending from steps. Once your brain loses its structure, it is difficult to bring it back to its original state,” he explained.

‎Sackiteh therefore charged couples in an abusive relationship to seek help and break away if the abuse could affect their state of mind.