Štítná žláza a emoce – du Chazaud Jean (2026)

This Czech-language book explores the connections between the thyroid gland and emotions. Jean du Chazaud, founder of so-called endocrinopsychology, explains in an expert yet accessible and fascinating way how this relationship works and what it means for understanding the thyroid’s crucial function and the problems associated with its impaired functioning. He believes that human emotions are determined by hormonal balance, while stress also affects thyroid function in return. He emphasizes that the thyroid is the gland of emotions: it receives and directs our emotions before informing the brain. It enables our intelligence to function, allows the psyche to adapt to the situations we encounter, and prompts us to express joy, sadness, anger and fear. These insights may provide a starting point for further research and a source of hope for thousands of people whose internal disorders and sudden changes in mental state remain misunderstood. The book also offers a detailed discussion of emotions from psychological, medical and philosophical perspectives, together with an analysis of psychosomatic illnesses including high or low blood pressure, heart disease and addictions.