As one of the important mental diseases, depression is closely related to coronary heart disease and diabetes. Depression belongs to the category of "depression" and "insomnia" in traditional Chinese medicine, among which coronary heart disease and diabetes are manifested in traditional Chinese medicine as depression caused by heartache, depression caused by thirst, disease depression, etc. Related studies have shown that MAPK signaling pathway, NF-κB signaling pathway, inflammatory response, HPA axis dysfunction, neurotrophic reduction, oxidative stress, insulin resistance, intestinal flora dysbiosis, behavioral abnormalities play important roles in the comorbidity pathological mechanism. This article summarizes relevant literature in recent years, exploring the etiology of traditional Chinese medicine and the pathogenesis of Western medicine, in order to provide reference for its clinical treatment.