The phrase "affecting depression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the impact or influence of something on depression, such as mental health discussions or research.
Example: "The recent events in her life have been affecting her depression, making it harder for her to cope."
Alternatives: "impacting depression" or "influencing depression".
The supplements may have had a "two birds with one stone" effect (affecting depression symptoms by influencing IBS), which would still be an interesting result, but not the result many are hoping for.
One can speculate that specific environmental factors such as dietary components or sustained physical inactivity could induce development of obesity through modulation of expression of genes regulating satiety [67], as has been shown for social stress and genes affecting depression [65].
Our findings are correlational and cannot provide definitive evidence for a causal role of linkage to HIV care in affecting depression or stigma.
Many of the factors that we hoped to influence through the food and drink intervention, such as dehydration, muscle strength, anaemia, depression, cognitive status (and medications affecting depression and cognition) and undernutrition could all impact on falls[ 49- 51].
Such adverse effects may influence combination antidepressant use and/or concomitant B&Z use [ 35, 55] with regular B&Z use negatively affecting depression and/or anxiety symptoms [ 23, 24] possibly resulting in SSRI doses being 'pushed' further.
Although "O Brother" revived the blues and country music of the period, it scorned such affecting Depression-era classics as "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" and "The Grapes of Wrath".
So why does it affect depression?
"There's good evidence that diet can affect depression.
Foods can improve mood in some people, but can diet really affect depression?
And if you really want to affect depression, it's nice to have therapies that work, and it's nice to have drugs that work.
"Modifiable lifestyle factors such as dietary choices, smoking, and physical activity could potentially affect depression risk but do not act independently," says Chocano-Bedoya.
