Aim of the study:
Mental health assessment in chronically ill patients is an important element of the treatment process. More and more often, attention is also paid to the significance of therapeutic education in this process, because it can have a great impact on coping with the disease and in the patient's involvement in treatment and rehabilitation. The purpose of the research was to assess mental health and expectations of therapeutic education in persons after laryngectomy.

Subject or material and methods:
61 laryngectomised patients participated in the study, 49% of whom belonged to support groups. The average age of the studied persons was 67 years, and the average duration of illness was 6 years and 7 months. The following methods were used to collect data: HADS-M scale, PERMA-Profiler Questionnaire (PL), the Scale of Expectations of Therapeutic Education, the sociodemographic survey.

Results:
The results of the conducted analyses indicate a relationship between mental health and expectations of therapeutic education in the studied group. As the level of anxiety increases, the level of expectations also increases. In addition, variables such as gender, age and education correlate with these expectations.

Discussion:
There is great need to support young patients as well as these at the early stages of disease.

Conclusions:
Education concerning the disease, its treatment and rehabilitation is important for the mental health of people after laryngectomy.