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This study addressed the attitudes and expectations of Pakistani women towards psychological help-seeking. The author interviewed four Pakistani women between the ages of twenty-six and forty-three and asked about their problems, their theories of causality for psychological distress, their expressions of distress, and their methods and patterns of help-seeking. Qualitative analyses suggested that the problems of Pakistani women are usually interpersonal in nature. A second associated finding is that the interpersonal worlds of these women are very complex. Finally, the study's participants sought solutions to their problems primarily within their support systems. They resorted to physicians and religious healers only when they encountered serious problems.