 In modern society, psychosomatic aspects of illness are often attributed to stress making the remediation of stress one important factor in the development, treatment, and prevention of psychosomatic illness.In the field of psychosomatic medicine, the phrase "psychosomatic illness" is used more narrowly than it is within the general population.For example, in lay language, the term often encompasses illnesses with no physical basis at all, and even illnesses that are faked (malingering).