Four Fixed Quadrants
The worksheet distinguishes depression from mood elevation and mild from moderate changes. The structure should not be reconfigured.
CCI Early Warning Signs Worksheet (Keeping Your Balance / Bipolar Disorder)
CCI Early Warning Signs Worksheet for Keeping Your Balance / Bipolar Disorder is a relapse-prevention worksheet for clinicians, doctors, mental health professionals, and clients monitoring bipolar relapse risk. It helps the client record personal signs of mild depression, moderate depression, mild mood elevation, and moderate mood elevation.
Explore the four-quadrant profile with fictional signs and review what would be discussed with a practitioner.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Unknown Is Allowed
A quadrant can be marked unknown or no signs identified so clients are not pressured to invent signs.
Action Plan Handoff
The warning-sign profile can inform a separate action plan, but the action plan itself is not part of this worksheet.
Does this worksheet track current mood?
No. It captures personal warning signs; it does not classify current mood or track symptoms over time.
Can a quadrant be blank?
Yes. A quadrant can be explicitly marked unknown or no signs identified.
Can the worksheet use the client's own wording?
Yes. Client language is allowed while preserving the fixed elevated-mood and depressive quadrants.
What is saved if there are no settings?
The fixed four-quadrant worksheet itself is saved as-is; sample demo signs are not saved as real client data.