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.
In some ways, this is a trick question. Attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are, strictly speaking, the same condition. From 1980 until 1987, ADD was the term most often used, but now the American Psychiatric Association uses ADHD. Types of ADHD In 2013, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) was published and it is the standardized guideline that doctors and clinicians use to assess and diagnose ADHD.