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Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among people withT1D across Saudi Arabia to collect demographic, clinical, and diabetes management data. Perceived depression and anxiety symptoms were assessed using a validated questionnaire. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify risk factors of severe depression and anxiety. Results: Among 1073 PwT1D (303 males and 770 females), perceived depressive and anxiety symptoms were highly prevalent. Females had higher perceived anxiety compared with males (p = 0.003). Age- and BMI-adjusted regression analysis showed that, overall, higher income (p = 0.008), no neuropathy (p = 0.002), above-average benefit from the diabetes education clinic (p = 0.02), practicing carbohydrate counting (p = 0.002), and HbA1c &lt; 7.0% (p = 0.01) were protective against perceived severe depression. Friends with T1D as the preferred education source (odds ratio [OR] = 2.8, p = 0.04) and a rejected request for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) (OR = 1.88, p = 0.02) or insulin pump (OR = 2.8, p = 0.001) were significant risk factors. Perceived severe anxiety was associated with insulin pump rejection (OR = 2.4, p &lt; 0.001) and self-reading as the preferred education source (OR = 2.0, p = 0.03). Being male (p = 0.02), no neuropathy (p = 0.01), practicing carbohydrate counting (p &lt; 0.001), and HbA1c &lt; 7.0% (p = 0.001) were protective. Conclusions: Symptoms of depression and anxiety are highly prevalent among people with T1D in Saudi Arabia, with females and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals at greater risk. 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