Despair, turning to healers (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
lose heart
'despair' is the definition.
(both can mean to feel hopeless)
'turning to healers' is the wordplay.
'turning' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'healers'='tohealers'
'tohealers' is an anagram of 'LOSE HEART'.
(Other definitions for lose heart that I've seen before include "What patient may do before subsequent transplant" , "get discouraged?" , "Become despondent" , "find discouragement" , "Become disillusioned" .)