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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Detail)

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Oct. 02, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Jun. 18, 2013
Oct. 02, 2013
Sep. 30, 2009
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
common stock, shares, issued 76,076,487us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued   72,076,487us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 60,145,237us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued          
Increase In Aggregate Number Of Shares             3,000,000arth_IncreaseInAggregateNumberOfShares    
Percentage of outstanding number of shares             4.00%arth_PercentageOfOutstandingNumberOfShares    
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term 5 years 5 months 8 days   5 years 5 months 16 days            
Share-based compensation arrangements by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, weighted average exercise price $ 0.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice   $ 0.33us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected volatility rate, minimum 77.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum   77.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected volatility rate, maximum 119.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum   134.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, risk free interest rate, minimum 0.25%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMinimum   0.83%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMinimum            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, risk free interest rate, maximum 2.40%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMaximum   2.52%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMaximum            
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award fair value assumptions expected forfeiture rate 0.00%arth_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedForfeitureRate   0.00%arth_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedForfeitureRate            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected dividend rate 0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate   0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of shares available for grant 3,707,544us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant   1,361,985us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant            
Allocated share-based compensation expense $ 278,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 132,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 1,101,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 288,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense          
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition     2 years 11 days            
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized   300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized          
Restricted Stock or Unit Expense     95,000us-gaap_RestrictedStockExpense 0us-gaap_RestrictedStockExpense          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 537,500us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross   5,869,212us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross            
Research and Development Expense                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Allocated share-based compensation expense 121,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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86,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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629,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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38,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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General and Administrative Expense                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Allocated share-based compensation expense 157,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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46,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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472,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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250,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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Maximum                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected term 10 years   10 years            
Minimum                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected term 9 months 18 days   2 years 4 months 24 days            
Employees And Directors                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 4,102,500us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Consultants                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues     3,565,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 5,304,212us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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  2,465,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Employees                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues     5,304,212us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross     3,404,212us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Employees | Maximum                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based compensation arrangements by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, weighted average exercise price $ 0.22us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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  $ 0.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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Employees | Minimum                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based compensation arrangements by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, weighted average exercise price $ 0.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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  $ 0.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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2013 Stock Incentive Plan                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
common stock, shares, issued             7,825,388us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, total $ 801,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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  $ 965,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition 1 year 9 months 25 days                
Common Stock, Shares Authorized         13,114,256us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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  10,231,197us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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10,231,197us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of additional shares authorized         2,883,059us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
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2,405,809us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
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2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Consultants                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period 4 years                
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Consultants | Maximum                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term 10 years   10 years            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period     3 years            
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Consultants | Minimum                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term 1 year   3 years            
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period     1 year            
2009 Stock Incentive Plan                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
common stock, shares, issued                 707,460us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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2009 Stock Incentive Plan | Consultants                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Additional Common Stock Shares Subject To Vesting Issued     116,973arth_AdditionalCommonStockSharesSubjectToVestingIssued
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2009 Stock Incentive Plan | Employees                  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                  
Common Stock Shares Subject To Vesting Issued     579,026arth_CommonStockSharesSubjectToVestingIssued
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