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.
ADHD vs. ADD. Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is an older term for what's now known as ADHD. The condition was referred to as ADD until 1987, when hyperactivity was added to the name in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Today, some people use the terms ADD and ADHD interchangeably.