PHOENIX (AZFamily) — More than 58 million people suffer from some type of mental illness nationwide, according to the National Institute of Mental Health . Patients often try an assortment of treatments, ranging from licensed therapists to antidepressants. But those treatments don’t always work, which is why a growing number of people are turning to ketamine therapy as an alternative.

Crystal Wilkins lost her husband, a Chandler police officer, unexpectedly in December 2021. He had come down with COVID-19 and never recovered. “You can’t fathom the hurt, the loneliness, the heartache, the soul, gut-wrenching, just a void that is in your heart,” said Wilkins. “There were days that I wouldn’t get off the couch. I would be no good to my kids, myself, I felt absolutely worthless.

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