Interaction of depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD): Gender, class and origin variation, Gendhi-IDCVD

Depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are the two most common causes of disability in developed countries. CVD and depression present contrasting situations to study health inequality from an intersectional perspective. On the one hand, CVD is more prevalent among men, however, women experience a higher death rate. On the other hand, the rates of depression diagnosis are lower among men, yet men are more likely to commit suicide. Moreover, the directionality of the two pathologies remains to be clarified. Gender and social class interact implying diverging pathways into the health system involving diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Both gender and social class involve continuous social dynamics which may drive social-to-biological processes in men and women affecting biological responses, and differential diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of men and women with depression and/or CVD. This project aims at exploring these two pathologies and thier potential association.