Depression is common among diabetics and it has indeed been suggested that one possibility for pharmacological treatment of insulin resistance is the use of antidepressive agents.

The aim of the present study was to determine the rate of depression in patients with diabetes and its characteristic.

We have 187 patients valued by a heteroquestionnaire, the mini-DSM IV diagnosis depression and dysthimia scale and the Hamilton depression scale. We also examined the relationship of depression and type of diabetes and the socios demographic characteristic.

The middle age of patients is of 53.06+14.11 years with a feminine predominance (71.1%). 67.9% of patients were married and the majority (75.4%) without profession.

The majority (85.6%) have type 2 diabetes, only 27 patients (50.49%) haven't treatment for diabetes, 36.9% have insulin and 52.9% have oral antidabetiqueses. 43.3% had the degenerative complications of the diabetes. Major Depression was diagnosed at 41.2% patients, the dysthymia at 27.8 % patients. Severe depression has been noted at 5.3% of patients, and 22.5% had a moderate depression.

Our main finding is that depression in people with diabetes was frequent, from where the necessity of a hold in charge multidisciplinary .