MDLinx October 15, 2025
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We’ve long known that depression, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease are interconnected, but this study goes a step further. It shows that different subtypes of depression … carry distinct risks for metabolic diseases.
—Christopher Palmer, MD
Depression has long been recognized as more than just a mood disorder—it is increasingly seen as a systemic illness, intertwined with metabolic and cardiovascular pathways.
Now, new findings presented at the 2025 ECNP Congress suggest that the kind of depressive symptomatology a patient exhibits may increase their risk trajectory of different cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.[1]
About the study
In a cohort of over 5,700 initially cardiometabolically healthy adults from...
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