The Order of the Arrow was founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America. It became an official program experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the Scouting program in 1934.
1 The manual's fourth edition recognizes the disorder as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, with three subgroups. Â·. 2  1996. 3  The second drug to treat ADHD symptoms, Adderall (dextroamphetamine and amphetamine) is approved by the FDA.
Stimulant medications commonly prescribed for attention deficit disorder include methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta, Metadate, Methylin) and certain amphetamines (Dexedrine, Dextrostat, Adderall).Methylphenidate is a short acting drug, and in older forms, had to be taken multiple times a day.ne of the large-scale studies that examined medication treatment for ADHD is called the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (or MTA). The MTA included 579 elementary school boys and girls with ADHD.