Controversial in terms of definition and management, brittle diabetes is a difficult area for most diebetologists. Bringing together the latest research, Unstable and Brittle Diabetes provides a comprehensive overview that helps the reader understand this complex and troublesome condition. Topics include history of our knowledge of the disease, an overview of the disease, secondary causes, hypoglycaemic diabetic instability, insulin resistance and over-insulinisation, diabetic instability in children and the elderly, psychological factors and intervention, educating patients about the disease, causes, outcomes, treatment, how to live with the disease, and more.