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Keywords: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Affective Symptoms - epidemiology; Affective Symptoms - physiopathology; Affective Symptoms - urine; Alexithymia; Biological and medical sciences; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid - methods; Cortisol; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder, Major - physiopathology; Depressive Disorder, Major - urine; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Hydrocortisone - urine; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - physiopathology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; N/C ratio; Norepinephrine - urine; Personality traits; Personality. Affectivity; Pituitary-Adrenal System - physiopathology; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Sex Factors; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - physiopathology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - urine; Urinary norepinephrine and cortisol; Urinary norepinephrine and cortisol; Posttraumatic stress disorder; N/C ratio; Alexithymia; Mood disorder; Human; Hypothalamohypophysoadrenal axis; Steroid hormone; Sex; Neuroendocrine regulation; Depression; Daily variation; Personality; Catecholamine; Hydrocortisone; Glucocorticoid; Sociodemographic factor; Adrenal hormone; Norepinephrine; Comparative study